Things were really slow today. I think the winds and rain grounded most of the birds. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry December 25, 2009, 7:30-9:30 Weather- cloudy with rain, Winds- SE 15-20 increasing to 20-25, Temp- 36 F, Barometer- 29.95-29.90, Humidity-70-79, Dew point- 27-30 Waves- 4-6 feet, Flight direction- west Common merganser 11 Red-breasted merganser 46 Ring-billed gull 111 Herring gull 54 Great black-backed gull 5 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]