Eastlake appeared empty today but then turned out to be very productive with a bit of patience.? The best birds were: 2 Black-crowned Night-herons which flew over and then landed in the boat storage area east of the Eastlake fishing area. 1 Red-necked Grebe - this bird was first seen yesterday by Jeanne Hrenko 1 immature male White-winged Scoter in changing plumage Other birds included: 1 Pied-billed Grebe a few Bufflehead a few Common Goldeneyes several groups of American Coots courting Red-breasted and Hooded Mergansers small numbers of gulls, a couple of them Great Black-backed Suzanne Wagner, Mentor ______________________________________________________________________ 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]