I was at Sims Park in Euclid this afternoon from 1:45 to 3:15pm.  The visibility wasn't good and it was snowing in the beginning.  I spent a long time looking at the scoters.  On Wed afternoon, 12/16 there was one White-winged and one Surf Scoter and two Common Loons.  I spent a long time looking at the White-winged until I saw the white wing when it came out of the water shaking its wings.  Today, I also looked a long time at the scoters.  One was clearly a Surf Scoter as the bill was orangish but the other I wasn't so sure of.  But finally I could see no white-wings as the one came out of the water so I concluded they were both Surf Scoters.  There was also a Black Scoter female.  Also saw approx 90 Goldeneye.

Sims Park
Surf Scoters 2
Black Scoter 1
Common Goldeneye ~ 90

Wildwood Park Marina/Cleveland Lakefront St Park

Bufflehead - only could see 13
Scaup 2 females
Hooded Mergansers 1 f
Pied-billed Grebe 1
American Black Ducks 2

Richmond Hts/Highland Rd near Georgetown Rd. 1pm
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 (saw on same utility pole as last week then it flew to south side of Highland east of Georgetown Rd. on the utility wires.  This is the third time I have seen at least one there.)

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

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