I was at Sims Park from 9:20 to about 12:00 today. I returned around 2pm but most of the activity was in the morning. Sims Park is in the city of Euclid on Lakeshore Blvd. around East 232nd St. on Lake Erie. There was an almost adult Eagle sitting for over an hour in the dead tree that hangs over the water far east of the pier. The Scoters kept moving around, leaving and returning. At one point the Black Scoter flew to the north - northeast very far out and landed with three other ducks and at least two of them were Black Scoters. When the Bald Eagle flew out around 10:30 they could not be found and only one Black Scoter remained with the Surf Scoter. Chris Pierce joined me for awhile after he was able to see all the Scoters in Rocky River. Here are the birds I saw this morning: Canada Geese 250-300 Surf Scoter 1 female Black Scoter 3 females Bufflehead 4-5 Common Goldeneye 10 Hooded Merganser 1m Red-breasted Mergansers - many to far out to count - multiple hundreds Common Mergansers 1 Common Loon 4 Double-crested Cormorants 8-10 Bald Eagle 1 (slightly dirty looking head) was also seen 11/7 flying east of the park and then flew over the park Coopers Hawk 1 Bonaparte's Gulls - many seen - very common now since 11/7 Golden-crowned Kinglets - few Dark-eyed Junco - 10-12 Tufted Titmouse 1 I went to Villa Angela/Wildwood Area/Cleveland Lakefront St Park today and the only thing of interest were 6-8 American Tree Sparrows. Also, I don't remember when I have seen so many boat trailers in the Wildwood marina parking lot. There was almost nowhere to park. All the boats today were stirring up the bird at Sims Park. Nancy Anderson Richmond Hts, OH http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancy_a/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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]