Things were somewhat slow today. The weather started with light snow that changed to light drizzle. That may have been part of the reason for the lack of birds. A long-tailed duck and a lesser black-backed gull made things a little interesting. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey North Perry, Lake County December 31, 2009, 730-1000 Weather- cloudy with snow changing to drizzle Winds- S 5-10, Temp- 34-36 F Barometer- 29.98-29.99, Humidity-85, Dew point- 30-32 Waves- 1-3 feet, Flight direction- west LONG-TAILED DUCK 1 male Common merganser 27 Red-breasted merganser 91 Bald eagle 1 adult Ring-billed gull 113 Herring gull 127 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 1 1st cycle Great black-backed 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]