I was at Sims Park in Euclid this afternoon 1:00 to 2:25pm with WSW winds 10mph lake had a few small waves became cloudy. There were scoters in three different areas.  My ID is estimated:  One group of 12 to the east was 1 Surf & 11 White-winged.  Then a group of two White-winged by themselves to northeast.  Then a group north-northwest approx 12 which were 4-5 Black Scoters, at least 2 Surf and 4-5 White-winged.  This group had five female Scaup mixed in to complicate matters.  A lot of them were sleeping off and on so I had trouble with the Surf/White-winged in that group then the Mergansers joined them so I gave up on the counting in that group. Also two different groups of Ruddy Ducks and few Horned Grebes and one female Common Merganser in the water with Red-breasted Mergansers flying back and forth in groups.

Black Scoters 4-5
White-winged Scoters 17-18
Surf Scoters 3 or 4
Scaup 5 females
Ruddy Ducks 27 (group of 10 & 17)
Horned Grebes 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Red-breasted Mergansers 350+ many groups flying back an forth in addition to the ones in the water.
Common Merganser 1 female in the water to the east
Bonaparte's Gulls - only few seen up close

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

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