My wife and I spent about 2 hours at Lake Medina today - from about 3:30 until 5:30 PM. The female Long-tailed was visible just about the whole time we were there. We did not find the male, nor did anyone else while we were there. The female was paired up, but not with the same species. She spent much of the time paired up with a Horned Grebe. Without really good optics it was difficult to determine that the other bird was a grebe. There was a great variety, here is what we saw: American Widgeon Canvasback Ring Necked Ducks Lesser Scaup American Coot Bufflehead Ruddy Ducks Hooded Mergansers Red Breasted Mergansers Horned Grebe Mallard Canada Goose Ringed-billed Gulls The birds that came closest to the western shore were the Lesser Scaup, Horned Grebe, and Red breasted Mergansers. I have posted a few photos - with a disclaimer Disclaimer: While it was a great day for birding - it was a really bad day for photographs. Everything was on the other side of the lake, and the overcast skies make the water look gray. So, the photos are not the best quality. Long-tailed and Horned Grebe pair (worst quality - but you can tell the species) http://www.watware.com/lakemedina/200903145DM2_0055_LTandHGpair.jpg Long-tailed Female http://www.watware.com/lakemedina/200903145DM2_0028_LongTailedDuck.jpg Horned Grebe http://www.watware.com/lakemedina/200903145DM2_0072_HornedGrebe.jpg Lesser Scaup http://www.watware.com/lakemedina/200903145DM2_0025_LesserScaup.jpg Dave and Angela Watkins Cuyahoga Falls Summit County ______________________________________________________________________ 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]