It seems like Mondays are the days to watch the lake. Like last Monday things were hopping today with a great movement of gulls and good numbers of ducks. The majority of the gulls were herrings and most were immature birds. Birds of note were 2 glaucous, 1 Iceland, and 5 lesser black-backed gulls. There was a decent movement of Bonaparte's with over 500 birds. Of note was an adult little gull. Of note with the waterfowl were surf and black scoters. They were all flying amongst merganser flocks. I quit watching the lake around 11:15. I watched the lake off and on in the afternoon and the gulls continued to pass by. Although I didn't take a count, it seemed like there were a lot more great black-backed gulls going by. The only other bird of note was an adult glaucous gull. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey North Perry, Lake County January 2, 2012, 745-1115 Weather- cloudy with snow, Winds- W 20-30 Temp- 31F, Barometer- 29.88-29.90 Humidity-86-80, Dew point- 27-26 Waves-5-7 feet, Flight direction- west American black duck 1 Greater scaup 2 SURF SCOTER 2 BLACK SCOTER 1 Common goldeneye 9 Common merganser 109 Red-breasted merganser 3,492 Bald eagle 1 ad LITTLE GULL 1 ad Bonaparte's gull 534 Ring-billed gull 6,940 Herring gull 8,550 ICELAND GULL 1 3rd LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 5 (3- ad, 1- 3rd, 1- 2nd) GLAUCOUS GULL 2 (1 ad, 1 1st/2nd) Great black-backed gull 72 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]