Things have been pretty slow along the lake. On Wednesday there were only gulls passing through. There were 13 great black-backed gulls. A sign of this winter, its my second highest count this season. The high was 18 on Dec 5. Usually there are counts in excess of 100 by now. Location- Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County Date- December 27, 2006, Time- 7:30-9:30 Weather- Cloudy, Winds- NW 10-15 Temperature- 37-35 F, Barometer- 29.96-30.01 Humidity- 73-74, Dew point- 29 Waves- 3-4, Flight direction- west Ring-billed gull 381 Herring gull 153 Great black-backed gull 13 Today, Thursday, there at least were some red-breasted mergansers flying by, although not many. Gull numbers were down from Wednesday. Location- Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County Date- December 28, 2006, Time- 7:30-9:30 Weather- Cloudy, Winds- SW 5 Temperature- 40-41 F, Barometer- 30.32-30.35 Humidity- 70-71, Dew point- 31-32 Waves- 1-2, Flight direction- west Red-breasted merganser 92 Ring-billed gull 312 Herring gull 62 Great black-backed gull 4 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. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. 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]