I stopped at Cowan Lake this morning arriving at the marina between 10:30 and 11;00 am. First, there was one White-winged Scoter and then a second appeared. From a distance it appeared that there were lots of waterfowl near the beach area, so I headed that way with a first stop at the picnic area. However, the best viewing of the waterfowl was from the beach area and most of the waterfowl were in the vicinity of the island directly across from the beach parking area. I met two people apparently from the Cincinnati area, who had seen the two Long-tailed Ducks as well as a EURASIAN WIGEON. They left to see the White-winged Scoters that I had just seen at the marina while I stayed to look over the ducks. After scanning a while I finally found the two Long-tailed Ducks slightly east of the island, just before the whole flock of waterfowl and gulls was spooked into the air, flying around in circles. I could not find an eagle of other source that spooked them. The two Long-tailed Ducks flew west but not as far as the marina and not as far as the main flock of waterfowl. The main flock of waterfowl finally settled down in an area directly west-northwest of the picnic area parking lot. Between 12:30 and about 1:00 pm I scanned the large flock of waterfowl from a point along the lake behind the pavilion that is directly ahead when one enters the picnic area parking lot. I finally found a gorgeous drake Eurasian Wigeon (EUWI) in this flock of waterfowl. Shortly after I got satisfying long distant looks (a scope is necessary) at the EUWI, the waterfowl flock took off again and flew around the area in circles, so I left. I suspect that these waterfowl are migrants, because they are quite skittish. Here is my list of waterfowl at Cowan Lake with estimated numbers. Horned Grebe 2, Gadwall 30, EURASIAN WIGEON m 1, American Wigeon 10, American Black Duck 4, Mallard 100, Northern Pintail m 1, Canvasback 50, redhead 75, Ring-necked Duck 100, Lesser + Greater Scaup 75, White-winged Scoter 2, LONG-TAILED DUCK 2, Bufflehead 15, Common Goldeneye 15, Hooded Merganser 6, Common Merganser 4, Red-breasted Merganser, Ruddy Duck 10. 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. 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]