There was a great movement today with a lot of birds and great variety, including 8 species of gulls. Gulls included an adult BLACK-HEADED GULL, 1 Kumliens Iceland gull, 2 Glaucous, and 3 lesser black-backed gulls. The most surprising birds were a group of 3 TREE SWALLOWS observed flying together to the west. Other birds of note were White-winged scoter and 2 common loons. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey North Perry, Lake County January 1, 2009, 730-1030 Weather- partly cloudy Winds- SW 5-10, Temp- 21-26 F Barometer- 30.37-30.35, Humidity-68-61, Dew point- 12-15 Waves- 1-3 feet, Flight direction- west American black duck 3 Mallard 2 Greater scaup 5 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 1 Bufflehead 1 Common goldeneye 27 Hooded merganser 6 Common merganser 223 Red-breasted merganser 92 Common loon 2 BLACK-HEADED GULL 1 adult Bonaparte's gull 974 Ring-billed gull 521 Herring gull 738 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 3 (2 adult and 1 2nd cycle) ICELAND GULL 1 (1st cycle) GLAUCOUS GULL 2 (1 adult and 1st cycle) Great black-backed gull 68 TREE SWALLOW 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]