My son had a snow day today so I had a little time to watch the lake before work. The flight today was slow for waterfowl, but decent for loons and gulls. Highlights were 3 bald eagles and a red-throated loon. Location- Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County Date- December 5, 2006, Time- 7:30-9:00 Weather- Partly cloudy, Winds- WSW 10-15 to WNW 10-15 Temperature- 30 F, Barometer- 30.22-30.28 Humidity- 73-72, Dew point- 22 Waves- 2-4, Flight direction- west Common merganser 6 Red-breasted merganser 243 RED-THROATED LOON 1 Common loon 148 BALD EAGLE 3 (2 adult, 1 immature) Ring-billed gull 1,830 Herring gull 374 Great black-backed gull 18 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]