Following Bob Royse's report of two White-winged Scoters among other ducks, grebes, and loons at the Watermark Quarry, I went down this afternoon to what I presume is the body of water he is referring to.....the large, deep lake in the big rock pit just barely west of McKinley Rd. and about 1/2 mile south of Trabue Rd., with the island in the middle where a G-b Heron rookery is located. Well, I didn't find any White-winged Scoters, I guess they must have moved on already. But there was one adult male Surf Scoter at the southernmost end of the lake. No loons, at least not that I could see, it was hard to find a place to get a clear view of the whole lake. I also saw 4 D-c Cormorants, a Horned Grebe, 5 or 6 P-b Grebes, a pair of Hooded Mergansers, 2 Tree Swallows, a Belted Kingfisher, and other common stuff. Pretty cool! I haven't seen a single scoter (of any species) since I lived in Seattle 9 years ago!! It's weird to see a scoter on a lake....I'm used to seeing them on salt water. Good birding, Nate Nye ______________________________________________________________________ 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]