Things were a bit better today with more waterfowl and gulls. There was a bit more waterfowl variety. There was a young male harlequin duck that flew in with a group of 12 common goldeneyes. They sat out on the lake a few minutes before heading west. There were also 3 white-winged scoters. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County December 27, 2012, 0730-1000 Weather- cloudy, Wind- NW 15-25 decreasing to 10-15 Temperature 30-31 F, Barometer- 29.89-29.97 Humidity- 84-82, dew point- 26-27 Waves- 3-5 decreasing to 2-4 feet, Direction- west HARLEQUIN DUCK 1 imm. male WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 3 Bufflehead 8 Common goldeneye 25 Common merganser 31 Red-breasted merganser 348 Ring-billed gull 162 Herring gull 34 Great black-backed gull 1 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]