I had a chance to watch the lake a little this morning. Gull numbers were way down today, while waterfowl numbers were better. I had 2 surf and 2 black scoters. All were amongst merganser flocks. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry November 17, 2009, 7:00-9:00 Weather- partly cloudy, Winds- NE 10-15 Temp- 44-45 F, Barometer- 30.18-30.17, Humidity-60-59, Dew point- 31-33 Waves- 3-5 feet, Flight direction- west SURF SCOTER 2 BLACK SCOTER 2 Common goldeneye 1 Red-breasted merganser 348 Common loon 3 Horned grebe 11 Bonaparte's gull 16 Ring-billed gull 140 Herring gull 11 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]