Despite the dismal forecast yesterday, we had a sucker hole pass over in the morning which I used to run up to Deer Creek in search of the reported Northern Shrike. I arrived about ten o'clock and the weather held fair for about two hours, but a thorough search of likely habitat near the beach turned up no shrikes. There was a Red-throated Loon on the east fork of the lake, however, visible from the bluff overlooking the beach. The loon was no doubt part of the big movement that has been reported from more northerly locations in the past week. There were also 124 Bonaparte's Gulls in that part of the lake. Later, I counted 84 ring-bills from the boat ramp. The gulls seemed to be segregating themselves into the two forks. The clouds closed in again about noon and by the time I got back to Wilmington it was raining and continued to rain throughout the afternoon and evening. Cheers, Bob -- Robert D Powell Wilmington, OH, USA [log in to unmask] Nulla dies sine linea ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]