Windy conditions and occasional snow brought a lot of gull movement. I had over 14,000 Bonaparte's gulls. there could have been more, but the snow got heavier the last hour and I could not see as far out. Included in the Bonaparte's were 2 little gulls. There were lots of big gulls also, including glaucous and lesser black-backed gulls. The best birds were 2 purple sandpipers the were headed west just before 9:00. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey North Perry, Lake County December 21, 2008, 730-1000 Weather- cloudy w/ snow Winds- W 15-20 increasing to SW 25-35 Temp- 30-27 F, Barometer- 29.69-29.76, Humidity-83-73, Dew point- 25-19 Waves- 10-12 feet, Flight direction- Bonaparte's east, all else west Mallard 9 Lesser scaup 14 Common goldeneye 4 Common merganser 58 Red-breasted merganser 472 Bald eagle 1 adult PURPLE SANDPIPER 2 LITTLE GULL 2 adults Bonaparte's gull 14,670 Ring-billed gull 2,841 Herring gull 2,670 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 1 adult GLAUCOUS GULL 1 1st Great black-backed gull 38 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]