It was very slow today. It was kind of expected as the barometer was still dropping. The best flights are after the system has passed and the barometer is rapidly increasing. Not much of note. The feeders had a lot of activity today. Nothing of note however. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County December 26, 2012, 0730-1000 Weather- cloudy, Wind- E 10-15 to 15-20 Temperature 30-31 F, Barometer- 30.03-29.92 Humidity- 73-72, dew point- 22-23 Waves- 2-4 increasing to 3-5 feet, Direction- west Common merganser 19 Red-breasted merganser 213 Ring-billed gull 117 Herring gull 24 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]