There was a nice influx of gulls along the lake today. I watched until about 10:30 and there was a steady movement to the west. The gulls were overhead moving along the shoreline. Most groups were 10-20 birds with several groups of 100+. The larger gulls dominated. This was the first day where I saw a lot of great black-backed gulls. Included were 3 lesser black-backed, 2 Iceland, and 2 glaucous. I also had a first year bird early that looked a bit like a Thayer's, but it was early and the lighting was not good. Also of note was a white-winged scoter. There was one flock of Bonaparte's. It landed on the lake toward the end of the count. Gulls have been moving all afternoon. I have looked occasionally, but have not seen any more white-winged gulls. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County December 22, 2012, 0730-1030 Weather- cloudy, Wind- NNW 30-40 decreasing to NW 15-25 Temperature 33 F, Barometer- 29.96-30.03 Humidity- 75-74, dew point- 26-27 Waves- 8-10 decreasing to 6-8 feet, Direction- west Gadwall 9 American black duck 3 Mallard 14 Ring-necked duck 1 Greater scaup 11 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 4 Common goldeneye 4 Common merganser 33 Red-breasted merganser 2,223 Bonaparte's gull 74 Ring-billed gull 1,140 ICELAND GULL 2 (ad, 3rd year) Iceland/Thayer's gull 1 (1st year) GLAUCOUS GULL 2 (ad, 1st ) LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 3 (2 ad, 3rd) Herring gull 9,760 Great black-backed gull 83 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]