The rain kept things slow this morning. When the rain quit around 9:00 there was a slight increase in activity., The lone highlight was an adult lesser black-backed gull. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry October 31, 2009, 745-945 Weather- cloudy, rain Winds- SW 20-30 decreasing to 15-20, Temp- 52 F, Barometer- 29.64-28,70, Humidity-49, Dew point- 88 Waves- 3-5 feet, Flight direction- west Mallard 2 Red-breasted merganser 22 Common loon 3 Bonaparte's gull 241 Ring-billed gull 479 Herring gull 41 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 1 adult Great black-backed gull 1 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]