There were a lot of gulls heading west, most were ring-billed. Early on there were a few Bonaparte's moving way out, too far to see anything different. The lone highlight was an adult laughing gull flying with the ring-billed gulls. Not many ducks, a flock of 23 mergansers and a single. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County October 26, 2013, 0730-1000 Weather- cloudy, Wind- SW 15-25 Temperature 39-41 F, Barometer- 30.02-29.94 Humidity- 72-71, dew point- 30-31 Waves- 4-6, Flight direction- west Red-breasted merganser 24 Common loon 2 Double-crested cormorant 304 LAUGHING GULL 1 Bonaparte's gull 183 Ring-billed gull 522 Herring gull 40 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]