This afternoon (12/22) we visited the lakefront from Gordon Park to Rocky River Park. The Long-tailed Duck at the Gordon boat basin was easily seen, but we saw no Horned Grebes there let alone Eared today. Just west of E. 55th a little group of ducks included American Wigeon, Canvasback, Redhead, Lesser Scaup and Ruddy Duck. At Burke we saw a dark Rough-legged Hawk and kestrels. We hadn't seen comments on scoters recently, so were surprised at Perkins (the bluff at the west end of Edgewater Park) to see single White-winged and Surf Scoters. Most of the rest of the ducks there were Buffleheads. We saw very little off Rocky River Park, but there was a single Black Scoter to give us one of each for the day. The Lake View Cemetery Merlin was present just after noon as well. Dick & Jean Hoffman Cleveland Heights ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. 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]