Just to update what I have seen the last two days. Saturday 11/11 saw 23 scoters (8 Surf Scoters & 15 Black Scoters) five Buffleadhead.
Today from 10:45 to 11:45am there were 24-25 scoters in the same place as yesterday just left of pier out a short ways. You don't need a scope to see them.
Surf Scoters 8 (1beautiful male, 7 females)
Black Scoters 16-17 (3 males, 13-14 females)
Many Red-breasted Mergansers and some Bonaparte's Gulls
I saw two small brown birds fly east & then back overhead and Doug Deppen was able to ID them as Snow Buntings.
My pictures of the Surf Scoter yesterday when the lake was more calm are closer than I have had before.
Nancy Anderson
Richmond Hts, OH
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancy_a/
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