Kind of a slow day as far as total numbers and variety. A few good birds made up for it. The eared grebe was in a small group of horned grebes very close to shore. The black scoter was in a small flock of mergansers. The merlin came off the lake and headed inland. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey North Perry, Lake County November 13, 2011, 700-930 Weather- mostly cloudy, Winds- S 20-30+, Temp- 53-55 F, Barometer- 29.84-29.80, Humidity-57, Dew point- 38-41 Waves- 3-5 feet, Flight direction- west Lesser scaup 9 BLACK SCOTER 1 Red-breasted merganser 91 Common loon 14 Horned grebe 63 EARED GREBE 1 Bonaparte's gull 112 Ring-billed gull 41 Herring gull 3 MERLIN 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]