There was a better movement of waterfowl today.  I topped 1,000 mergansers
for the first time in a while.  Variety still was not that great, but an
improvement.  There was a decent gull movement with several great
black-backs and an Iceland gull.



Lakeshore Waterbird Survey

Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County

January 1, 2015, 0730-1000

Weather- partly cloudy, Wind- SW 20-25

Temperature 21-23 F, Barometer- 30.08-30.06

Humidity-  67-66, dew point- 11-15

Waves- 3-5, Flight direction- west



Mallard   7

Redhead   6

Greater scaup   4

Lesser scaup   8

Common goldeneye   2

Common merganser   82

Red-breasted merganser  1455

Horned Grebe   1

Bonaparte's gull   47

Ring-billed gull   790

Herring gull  344

ICELAND GULL 1 ad

Great black-backed gull   2813





John Pogacnik

4765 Lockwood Road

Perry, OH 44081




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