Things were pretty slow today with just moderate numbers of gulls and few waterfowl. There were quite a few distant Bonaparte's gulls, but I did not see anything amongst of interest them. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey October 25, 2008, 700-1000 Weather- cloudy Winds- S 5-10, Temp- 51-53 F Barometer- 29.89-29.90, Humidity-88-85, Dew point- 47-49 Waves- 2-3 feet, Flight direction- west Red-breasted merganser 4 Common loon 1 Bald eagle 1 adult Bonaparte's gull 272 Ring-billed gull 111 Herring gull 21 Great black-backed gull 3 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]