The movement on the lake was good. Not a lot of duck or gull diversity, but a nice variety of other species. Of note were 144 Caspian terns, 3 merlins, and a peregrine falcon. One of the merlins flew by carrying a shorebird, possibly pectoral. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey North Perry, Lake County April 24, 2009, 630-930 Weather- thunderstorm to partly cloudy Winds- S 10-15, Temp- 49-62 F Barometer- 30.01-30.03, Humidity-66-72, Dew point- 48-52 Waves- 3-4 feet, Flight direction- east Canada goose 21 Wood duck 2 Bufflehead 2 Red-breasted merganser 253 Common loon 11 Double-crested cormorant 174 Great blue heron 3 Great egret 1 Bald eagle 2 MERLIN 3 Peregrine falcon 1 Bonaparte's gull 269 Ring-billed gull 137 Herring gull 14 Great black-backed gull 1 Caspian tern 144 Forster's tern 2 Belted kingfisher 2 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]