It was pretty slow today due to the snow cutting down occasionally on visibility and making it difficult to fly. Three eagles were around in the early morning and scaring the gulls. When they first came in they scared up around 300 gulls that were on the ice. From what I could see, most were herring gulls, however it was difficult to look through them due to the snow. Once the eagles left, very few gulls returned. Even when the snow let up, there were still few birds moving. The way the lake is looking, the cold weather predicted later this week should freeze things up pretty quick. About 40% or more of the lake was covered with floating ice today. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey North Perry, Lake County January 10, 2009, 745-945 Weather- cloudy/snow Winds- E 5-10 going to W 5-10, Temp- 26-27 F Barometer- 30.09-30.04, Humidity-82-80, Dew point- 21-22 Waves- 1-2 feet, Flight direction- west Ice- lake was covered 40% with ice flows Red-breasted merganser 5 Bald eagle- 3 (1 adult and 2 immatures) Ring-billed gull 71 Herring gull 573 Great black-backed gull 24 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]