Today was interesting. despite the lake being at least 90% covered by floating ice, there was an excellent movement of both ducks and gulls. The gulls were interesting in that they were not moving overhead as is usually typical. Instead they were loosely moving over the ice-covered lake. Movement was steady. Of interest were 2 white-winged scoters, Iceland, glaucous, lesser black-backed gulls and 26 snow buntings. Best of all, I was able to watch from the warmth of my house. Location- Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County Date- February 4, 2007, Time- 7:30-10:00 Weather- Cloudy, Winds- SW 10-15 Temperature- 7-14 F, Barometer- 30.10-30.12 Humidity- 73-65, Dew point- .8-4.2 Waves- n/a, Flight direction- west Lake is 90% covered by loose ice Canvasback 6 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 2 Common goldeneye 12 Common merganser 256 Red-breasted merganser 1,404 Ring-billed gull 4650 Herring gull 1830 ICELAND GULL 1 1st/2nd year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 1 3rd year GLAUCOUS GULL 1 1st/2nd year Great Black-backed gull 141 SNOW BUNTING 26 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]