There was a moderate movement of birds. The lack of Bonaparte's gulls was noticeable as there had been some pretty impressive numbers recently. Most of the ducks were out pretty far and needed a scope for identification. Three black scoters and two long-tailed ducks were noteworthy. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry December 24, 2008, 745-945 Weather- cloudy Winds- S 15-25, Temp- 39-41 F Barometer- 29.97-29.94, Humidity-91-92, Dew point- 37-38 Waves- 2-3 feet, Flight direction- west Mallard 2 Scaup spp. 85 BLACK SCOTER 3 LONG-TAILED DUCK 2 Common goldeneye 6 Common merganser 67 Red-breasted merganser 1,332 Bonaparte's gull 120 Ring-billed gull 271 Herring gull 146 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 1 adult Great black-backed gull 11 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]