Things were kind of slow this morning. There were a fair number of gulls heading west. They were out pretty far on the lake. There were only two groups of red-breasted mergansers that passed by all morning. Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County Date- December 25, 2007, Time- 745-1000 Weather- cloudy, Wind- southwest 5 Barometer- 30.24-30.29, Temperature- 32 33 F Humidity- 76, Dew point- 23 Waves- 1-2 feet, Flight direction- west Red-breasted merganser 72 Bald eagle 1 adult Ring-billed gull 1,243 Herring gull 371 Great black-backed gull 9 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]