I thought I would update the number of scoters I saw in the water at Sims Park this afternoon from 3 to 4pm. While I was there the numbers kept changing with 25-26 seen. It was 44 deg 15mph west winds. They were just west of the pier. Some of them were in separate groups but pretty close together.
Scaup (female) 1 in with scoters
Black Scoters 15-6 (3 males- rest females)
Surf Scoters 8 (1 male, 7 females)
White-winged Scoters 3 (looked like all males)
Many Red-breasted Mergansers
Can't remember when I have seen this many male Scoters so close to the pier.
Nancy Anderson
Richmond Hts, OH
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancy_a/
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