Things were a lot slower with waterfowl today. Instead of yesterdays 2,000+ scaup, today only 9. No bufflehead today while 600 yesterday. There were a lot more ring-billed and Bonaparte's gulls. In with the Bonaparte's gulls was a little gull. A single red-throated loon was observed on the lake. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry December 12, 2009, 7:30-9:30 Weather- clear, Winds- S 5-10, Temp- 23-26 F, Barometer- 30.46-30.47, Humidity-71-65, Dew point- 15-16 Waves- 1-3 feet, Flight direction- west American black duck 1 Mallard 12 Canvasback 6 Lesser scaup 9 Common goldeneye 2 Red-breasted merganser 1542 Ruddy duck 1 RED-THROATED LOON 1 LITTLE GULL 1 adult Bonaparte's gull 283 Ring-billed gull 6,321 Herring gull 84 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 1 ( 2nd cycle) Great black-backed gull 7 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]