There were a few birds moving this morning. Gulls were going by, slow but steady. Waterfowl seemed to pass by when the rain let up. Of interest were a group of 8 brant heading west a single early common goldeneye. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry October 17, 2009, 730-1000 Weather- cloudy w/drizzle Winds- NE 5-10, Temp- 39-40 F Barometer- 30.12-30.17, Humidity-88, Dew point- 36-37 Waves- 1-3 feet, Flight direction- west BRANT 8 Lesser scaup 34 COMMON GOLDENEYE 1 Bufflehead 4 Red-breasted merganser 34 Double-crested cormorant 151 Bonaparte's gull 74 Ring-billed gull 312 Herring gull 27 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]