There was a great movement of birds today with lots of gulls and good numbers of ducks. Best bird was an immature or female Harlequin duck. It flew by very close to shore heading west. Other waterfowl of note were 2 surf scoters. Gulls of note were little gull and glaucous gull. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey North Perry, Lake County December 28, 2011, 745-1045 Weather- cloudy, Winds- NW 20-30 Temp- 28-30 F, Barometer- 29.89-29.97 Humidity-82-80, Dew point- 24-26 Waves-8-10 feet, Flight direction- west HARLEQUIN DUCK 1 female/immature SURF SCOTER 2 Bufflehead 4 Common goldeneye 19 Common merganser 67 Red-breasted merganser 5,354 Bald eagle 1 imm LITTLE GULL 1 ad Bonaparte's gull 244 Ring-billed gull 9,330 Herring gull 2,620 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 1 ad GLAUCOUS GULL 1 3rd Great black-backed gull 34 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]