Things were a lot slower today with much fewer loons and grebes. Interesting was the number of dabbling ducks. There were quite a few with decent diversity while yesterday there was not a single one. Surf and black scoters and a lesser black-backed gull kept things interesting. Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County Date- November 18, 2007, Time- 700-1000 Weather- cloudy to partly cloudy, Wind- northeast 10-15 Barometer- 30.19-30.26, Temperature- 37-39 F Humidity- 77-76, Dew point- 31-30 Waves- 3-4 feet, Flight direction- west Gadwall 3 American wigeon 5 American black duck 29 Mallard 56 Northern pintail 9 Canvasback 7 Lesser scaup 28 SURF SCOTER 2 BLACK SCOTER 7 Bufflehead 12 Red-breasted merganser 609 Ruddy duck 6 Common loon 11 Horned grebe 23 Bald eagle 1 adult Bonaparte's gull 438 Ring-billed gull 214 Herring gull 33 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 1 adult Great black-backed gull 2 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]