There was a nice movement of Bonaparte's gulls today. I also had 3 adult little gulls and 1 lesser black-backed gull. Some of the Bonaparte's gulls were observed overhead, something they rarely do. Also of note was my first Caspian tern of the year. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County April 8, 2013, 0700-900 Weather- partly cloudy, Wind- E 5-10 Temperature 35-37 F, Barometer- 29.99-29.98 Humidity- 86-85, dew point- 31-32 Waves- 1-2 feet, Direction- east Canada goose 7 Redhead 1 Bufflehead 1 Common goldeneye 3 Hooded merganser 5 Common merganser 3 Red-breasted merganser 873 Common loon 1 Horned grebe 3 Double-crested cormorant 79 Bonaparte's gull 1,240 LITTLE GULL 3 adults Ring-billed gull 118 Herring gull 19 Lesser black-backed gull 1 adult Caspian tern 1 Belted kingfisher 2 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]