There were a lot more birds today with a lot more variety. The first swan flock of the fall passed by around 8:00. I also had black and surf scoters. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry November 1, 2009, 6:45-9:15 Weather- cloudy Winds- N 5-10, Temp- 45-47 F, Barometer- 30.14-30.25, Humidity-67-66, Dew point- 34-37 Waves- 2-4 feet, Flight direction- west Canada goose 38 Tundra swan 31 American black duck 3 Mallard 2 Greater scaup 6 Lesser scaup 29 SURF SCOTER 9 BLACK SCOTER 5 Red-breasted merganser 127 Common loon 2 Bald eagle 1 adult Bonaparte's gull 137 Ring-billed gull 684 Herring gull 63 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]