There was an excellent movement of Bonaparte's gulls this morning with 2 little gulls and Franklin's gulls included in the mix.  There were also a few shorebirds with a flock of six white-rumped sandpipers being of note.  the Bonaparte's gulls slowed down around 9:00, with only a few being seen after that.

Lakeshore Waterbird Survey
Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County
October 11, 2015, 0700-1000
Partly cloudy, South 10-15
Temperature 46-50, Barometer- 29.97-29.96
Humidity- 58-57, Dew point- 45-50
Flight direction- west

Canada goose   1
Ruddy duck   1
Horned grebe   3
Double-crested cormorant   53
Dunlin   23
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER   6
FRANKLIN'S GULL   1 adult
LITTLE GULL   2 adults
Bonaparte's gulls   2144
Ring-billed gull   696
Herring gull   62
Common tern   48
Forster's tern   230
Horned lark   1

John Pogacnik


                                          
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