What a difference a day makes. One loon yesterday and over 600 today. A big increase in Bonaparte's gulls and a big decrease in scoters. Still a very interesting day. A dark pomarine jaeger passed by heading west. Location- Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County Date- December 3, 2006, Time- 7:30-9:30 Weather- Mostly cloudy, Winds- SW 5-10 Temperature- 34-35 F, Barometer- 30.36 steady Humidity- 75, Dew point- 26-27 Waves- 1-2 Flight direction- Bonaparte's gulls east, everything else west Tundra swan 32 American black duck 14 Mallard 7 Canvasback 12 BLACK SCOTER 6 Common goldeneye 7 Common merganser 12 Red-breasted merganser 2,328 RED-THROATED LOON 3 Common loon 611 POMARINE JAEGER 1 Bonaparte's gull 471 Ring-billed gull 1,267 Herring gull 138 Great black-backed gull 8 John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 440-259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]