Things were a bit slower today. Waterfowl numbers were up considerable. Ring-billed gull numbers were down quite a bit from yesterday, but there was a higher concentration of the larger gulls today. One intrigueoing sighting was seen late this afternoon. I happened to look out on the lake and around 3:45 a huge cloud of birds got up above the horizon. The birds were out too far to see even if they were gulls or ducks. I was curious as to what would get the birds up that far out. Usually it is an eagle or some other raptor that gets stuff up like that. I cannot imagine an eagle being that far out. Unfortunately whatever it was never came towards shore that I could see and the birds eventually settled down. At my feeders I had a couple dozen siskins and a single redpoll. Not much else of note. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey North Perry, Lake County February 14, 2009, 700-10:00 Weather- cloudy with snow Winds- NE <5, Temp- 29-33 F Barometer- 30.01-30.00, Humidity-79-77, Dew point- 24-26 Waves- 1-2 feet, Flight direction- west Canada goose 218 Mallard 2 Greater scaup 14 Lesser scaup 3 Bufflehead 6 Common goldeneye 156 Common merganser 70 Red-breasted merganser 172 Bald eagle 1 immature Ring-billed gull 2,712 Herring gull 1,140 GLAUCOUS GULL 1 (1st cycle) Great black-backed gull 98 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]