I went to Sims Park in Euclid today from around 11:45 to 2pm.  The lake was real smooth.  I found the Scoters and then the male Long-tailed Duck straight out in the water.  After awhile Jeanne Hrenko arrived and as we both looked at the ducks from the east end of the park we found another Long-tailed Duck.  Apparently it was a female as it was darker, little reddish brown, lots of white on side of head, gave the effect of rings around the neck with dark and white around the neck and front of the breast.  They would sometimes be together and then one would disappear.  They kept floating east and they would dive for a very long time.  They would disappear for a while and then after awhile we saw both of them flying in from the west and land to the east and that was a great view.  Here is what we saw:

Ring-necked Duck 1 female
Black Scoters 4 females
LONG-TAILED DUCK  2 (1 male, 1 female)
Bufflehead  ~ 6
Bufflehead - 5
Common Goldeneye  7-9
Red-breasted Mergansers - over 1500, probably multiple real far out
Common Loon 1
Horned Grebe 5

Nancy Anderson
Richmond Hts,OH
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancy_a/

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