Howdy All, In addition to the three Surf Scoters seen on the Cincinnati Bird Club field trip this morning and reported on Ohio Birds by Larry Gara, we found a White-winged Scoter (WWSC). The bird was first seen from the north boat ramp east of the beach off of Rt 73. When we first saw the WWSC, there was still lots of cloud cover, and the WWSC looked all dark, but the white speculum was quite visible in flight and was visible while the bird was sitting on the water. Later, we saw apparently the same White-winged Scoter from Harveysburg Road. This time we could see the two white areas on the face and the bird looked lighter in color than during the previous observation. However, this was probably due to the much brighter conditions. While we were at the end Harveysburg Road, the cloud cover cleared, and we had bright sunshine. However, just in case, anyone going to Caesar Creek to look for the WWSC should look carefully to see if there are two WWSC there, one quite dark and the other with the two white areas on the face that we saw later. We looked for a second bird while at Harveysburg Road and did not find a second WWSC. Incidentally, the three Surf Scoters were still at the eastern edge of the beach area water at about 4:30 - 5:00 pm today. A complete list of the bird seen today at Caesar Creek SP will be posted on http://cincinnatibirds.com. Jay Jay G. Lehman Cincinnati, OH [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]