The first bird of the day was an adult LITTLE BLUE HERON. It was out over the lake flying east. It was a new yard bird. After that there were a few good birds passing by including osprey and a mute swan. Waterfowl numbers were down a bit over yesterday. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry May 1, 2011, 600-930 Weather- cloudy, drizzle Winds- SE 10-15, Temp- 57-59 F Barometer- 30.00-30.14, Humidity-64-63, Dew point- 44-46 Waves- 2-3 feet, Flight direction- east Canada goose 2 MUTE SWAN 1 Wood duck 2 Mallard 2 Red-breasted merganser 211 Common Loon 2 Horned grebe 1 Double-crested cormorant 123 LITTLE BLUE HERON 1 Osprey 1 Bald eagle 1 ad Ring-billed gull 191 Herring gull 47 Great black-backed gull 2 Caspian tern 1 Belted kingfisher 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]