I was joined by Jim McCormac this morning. It was actually pretty calm at the start of the day with a little drizzle early. As a result there were a lot fewer birds moving today. There were still a lot of great birds. Any other year this would have a great day with 119 brant 3 harlequin ducks, 2 white-winged scoters, 32 black scoters, and 2 long-tailed ducks. After 930 it started to drizzle and it got a little misty making it hard to see far out. A little after that the wind switched direction and it got breezy. Things picked up slightly after that, but with the rain and mist we decided to head east. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County October 31, 2012, 0745-1030 Weather- cloudy with rain, Wind- N 10-15 to NW 15-20 Temperature 45-46 F, Barometer- 29.39-29.47 Humidity- 95-94, dew point- 44-45 Waves- 2-4 to 3-6 feet, Direction- mergansers west most else east Canada goose 1 BRANT 119 Mallard 1 Northern pintail 9 Lesser scaup 46 HARLEQUIN DUCK 3 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 2 BLACK SCOTER 32 LONG-TAILED DUCK 2 Bufflehead 16 Red-breasted merganser 169 Ruddy duck 5 Common loon 61 Horned grebe 7 Double-crested cormorant 64 Bonaparte's gull 270 Ring-billed gull 345 Herring gull 85 John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]