Things started slow with only an occasional gull passing by, winds were strong and rain was heavy at times. A little after 9:15 the wind switched from WSW to West. After that things picked up a bit. All waterfowl passed by after this. Birds of note were three white-winged scoters and a lesser black-backed gull. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey North Perry, Lake County October 15, 2011, 730-1030 Weather-cloudy w/rain Winds- WSW 30-40 to W 30-40, Temp- 48-49 F Barometer- 29.59-29.63, Humidity-93-92, Dew point- 46-47 Waves- 10-12 feet, Flight direction- west Redhead 3 Lesser scaup 16 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 3 Ring-billed gull 570 Herring gull 89 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 1 ad Great black-backed gull 2 John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]