There was an excellent movement of birds today with lots of waterfowl and gulls. This was the largest movement of great black-backed gulls this season. Other gulls seen were single Kumlien's and lesser black-backed and 2 glaucous. There were quite a few mergansers also. Amongst the merganser flocks were 3 BLACK and 2 SURF SCOTERS. I also had a RED-THROATED LOON sitting out on the lake early this morning. Things slowed down a bit around 9:30 when the snow started to fly. When the snow let up the birds started moving again, although in smaller numbers. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey North Perry, Lake County January 1, 2010, 730-1100 Weather- cloudy with occasional snow Winds- W 20-25, Temp- 21-23 F Barometer- 30.07-30.10, Humidity-78-79, Dew point- 22-24 Waves- 4-6 feet, Flight direction- west Greater scaup 9 Lesser scaup 33 SURF SCOTER 2 BLACK SCOTER 3 Common goldeneye 16 Common merganser 239 Red-breasted merganser 1,681 RED-THROATED LOON 1 Bald eagle 1 adult Bonaparte's gull 63 Ring-billed gull 3,740 Herring gull 1,912 KUMLIEN'S GULL 1 1st cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 1 adult GLAUCOUS GULL 2 (1st cycle, adult) Great black-backed gull 93 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]