Today was the first waterbird survey of the year. There was a steady stream of gulls heading west and few non-gulls. Best birds were a SURF SCOTER flying amongst a small group of red-breasted mergansers and a RED-THROATED LOON heading east low over the water. Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County Date- October 13, 2007, Time- 730-930 Weather- partly cloudy, Wind- West 10-15 Barometer- 30.04-30.06, Temperature- 48-50 F Humidity- 78, Dew point- 34-35 Waves- 3-4 feet, Flight direction- west SURF SCOTER 1 Red-breasted merganser 9 RED-THROATED LOON 1 Double-crested cormorant 2 Bonaparte's gull 12 Ring-billed gull 674 Herring gull 59 Great black-backed gull 1 Belted kingfisher 1 _________________________________________________________________ Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks & Treats for You! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us ______________________________________________________________________ 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]