With the exception of a red-throated loon flying west low over the lake, it was slow today. Most of the birds flying by were heading east. The loon passed by a little before 8:00. Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County Date- December 9, 2007, Time- 730-930 Weather- cloudy, Wind- northeast 5-10 Barometer- 30.39-30.37, Temperature- 32 F Humidity- 73, Dew point- 22-23 Waves- 1-3 feet, Flight direction- east Canada goose 2 Red-breasted merganser 88 RED-THROATED LOON 1 Ring-billed gull 135 Herring gull 182 Great black-backed gull 8 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]