I'm posting a little early today as conditions are great for lake watching. There are evidently a lot of fish near the surface in this area. At one time this morning I counted six individual feeding flocks of birds. Bonaparte's gulls are the dominant species in these flocks, but I am also seeing lots of loons and grebes. I also had one pomarine jaeger attracted to one of the larger feeding flocks. Lots of stuff to look through. The Perry Park overlook might be worth checking as it has produced a lot of jaegers in the past. Also of note is there has been a light but steady stream of Bonaparte's heading east this morning. Earlier this morning I found a first year Franklin's and an adult little gull. So there are some good gulls around. Also of interest was a peregrine falcon out over the lake harassing birds. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey North Perry, Lake County October 30, 2011, 730-930 Weather-partly sunny Winds- S 5, Temp- 34-36 F Barometer- 30.10-30.11, Humidity-88-86, Dew point- 31-33 Waves- <1 feet, Flight direction- loons, grebes, gulls east, waterfowl west Canada goose 1 Mallard 7 Bufflehead 2 Red-breasted merganser 82 Common loon 44 Horned grebe 56 Double-crested cormorant 2 PEREGRINE FALCON 1 POMARINE JAEGER 1 FRANKLIN'S GULL 1 1st cycle LITTLE GULL 1 ad Bonaparte's gull 547 Ring-billed gull 156 Herring gull 38 Great black-backed gull 1 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]