Today was the first day where there was some ice forming. About 100 yards of slush ice was along the shore. Most of the morning there was a line of snow about 1 mile offshore. Some birds moving along the edge of the ice but generally slow. Only bird of note was an Iceland gull. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County January 23, 2013, 0730-1000 Weather- cloudy/ scattered flurries, Wind- WSW 15-20 Temperature 13-15 F, Barometer- 30.26-30.27 Humidity- 75-71, dew point- 13-15 Waves- 2-4feet, Direction- west About 100 yards of slush ice along the shore Lesser scaup 18 Common goldeneye 79 Common merganser 80 Red-breasted merganser 127 Ring-billed gull 1211 Herring gull 849 ICELAND GULL 1 st Great black-backed gull 39 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]