There were not as many birds today as yesterday, but the first hour it was foggy enough that few birds were moving. When it started raining the fog cleared up and the birds started moving. The most interesting bird was a BRANT that passed to the east amongst a flock of 170 Canada geese. Also of note were 2 white-winged scoters. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey North Perry, Lake County March 8, 2009, 800-1030 Weather- cloudy w rain and fog Winds- E 5-10, Temp- 38-41 F Barometer- 29.96-29.98, Humidity-88-87, Dew point- 35-37 Waves- 2-4 feet, ice cover 5% Flight direction- east BRANT 1 Canada goose 187 American wigeon 3 American black duck 9 Mallard 36 Northern pintail 14 Canvasback 22 Redhead 9 Greater scaup 11 Lesser scaup 7 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 2 Bufflehead 4 Common goldeneye 57 Hooded merganser 1 Common merganser 422 Red-breasted merganser 594 Ring-billed gull 417 Herring gull 324 Great black-backed gull 32 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]