It was a lot quieter today with fewer ducks and much fewer gulls. Of note was a female long-tailed duck. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey North Perry, Lake County December 11, 2011, 730-930 Weather- clear, Winds- SW 5-10 Temp- 24-27 F, Barometer- 30.56-30.58 Humidity-70-69, Dew point- 15-19 Waves- 2-3 feet, Flight direction- west Lesser scaup 28 LONG-TAILED DUCK 1 female Red-breasted merganser 1,527 Common loon 1 Horned grebe 1 Bonaparte's gull 86 Ring-billed gull 690 Herring gull 274 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 1 ad Great black-backed gull 3 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]