There was a fantastic movement of red-breasted mergansers this morning. After struggling to see any on the pelagic trip in Cleveland yesterday, there were huge flocks today. I ended up counting over 42,000. Largest flocks were 16,000 and 9,000. The only ducks I saw within the merganser flocks different were 3 surf scoters. I also had a single pomarine jaeger. It was heading to the west around 8:00 this morning. It is the first jaeger I have seen here since October. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County December 9, 2012, 0715-900 Weather- cloudy to partly cloudy, Wind- E 5-10 Temperature 36-38 F, Barometer- 30.16-30.12 Humidity- 81-80, dew point- 31-34 Waves- 1-2 feet, Direction- east SURF SCOTER 4 Common goldeneye 1 Red-breasted merganser 42,340 Common loon 6 Horned grebe 2 POMARINE JAEGER 1 Bonaparte's gull 31 Ring-billed gull 59 Herring gull 6 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]