I had hopes of cave swallows, and Franklin's gulls and lots of birds. It was not to be. It was a bit quiet this morning with a short burst of gulls about 8:30. Before and after that it was quiet. The only bird of note was a lesser black-backed gull. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey North Perry, Lake County October 30, 2010, 730-930 Weather- partly cloudy Winds- S 5-10 increasing to 10-15, Temp- 41-43 F Barometer- 30.10-30.07, Humidity-71-64, Dew point- 33-34 Waves- 2-3 to 2-4 feet, Flight direction- west Lesser scaup 6 red-breasted merganser 19 Common loon 3 Double-crested cormorant 23 Bald Eagle 2 (1 ad, 1 imm) Bonaparte's gull 57 Ring-billed gull 384 Herring gull 39 Lesser black-backed gull 1 1st cycle Great black-backed gull 1 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]