It was an interesting day. There was about 100 yards of ice, a quarter mile
of open water, and then ice as far as the eye can see. The open water
seemed laike a river and all the birds were following it, the gulls east and
waterfowl west. The most interesting bird was a fly-by red-necked grebe.
There was a white-winged scoter and two long-tailed ducks, both singles.
The only gull of note was an Iceland gull.
A single horned lark was seen flying east over the ice. Larks are early
migrants. Was this a spring migrant? It's nice to think spring.
Lakeshore Waterbird Survey
Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County
January 11, 2005, 0730-1000
Weather- cloudy, Wind- S 10-15
Temperature 48 F, Barometer- 29.52-29.44
Humidity- 92, dew point- 46
Waves- 1-2,
Flight direction-waterfowl west, gulls east
Gadwall 5
Redhead 43
Greater scaup 3
Lesser scaup 74
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 1
LONG-TAILED DUCK 2
Bufflehead 1
Common goldeneye 48
Common merganser 1474
Red-breasted merganser 5765
RED-NECKED GREBE 1
Ring-billed gull 81
ICELAND GULL 1 3rd
Herring gull 632
Great black-backed gull 32
Horned lark 1
John Pogacnik
4765 Lockwood Road
Perry, OH 44081
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