There was some great movement on the lake today. There were a few shorebirds moving with 3 avocets being the best sighting. There were several flocks of dunlin. One flock was harassed by a merlin. This was the first day I have seen many waterfowl. Of note were two surf scoters and the first red-breasted mergansers of the season. Also of note was a red-necked grebe sitting on the lake. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County October 20, 2013, 0730-1030 Weather- cloudy-partly cloudy, Wind- SW 5-10 Temperature 41-44 F, Barometer- 29.91-29.92 Humidity- 90-87, dew point- 39-42 Waves- 2-3, Flight direction- west Canada goose 8 American black duck 1 Mallard 31 Green-winged teal 2 Lesser scaup 17 SURF SCOTER 2 Red-breasted merganser 29 RED-NECKED GREBE 1 AMERICAN AVOCET 3 Sanderling 4 Dunlin 169 Bonaparte's gull 6 Ring-billed gull 384 Herring gull 27 Great black-backed gull 1 Common tern 2 MERLIN 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]