Despite less than optimal viewing conditions and the presence of duck hunters, some decent birds were seen at Bradstreet Landing this am. I was joined by Jeremiah Roth and Mike Sandy. Highlights were: Surf Scoters 2 White-winged Scoters 2 Black Scoters 8 Common Loon 5 Also up to 800 Red-breasted Mergansers & good number of Bonaparte's Gulls. The Scoters were actually seen fairly close to the duck hunters' boat and string of decoys which included lots of Scoters and a male Common Eider. After hanging around their boat for quite a while, they headed out to a spot past the end of the pier. That afforded great looks at the white wing patches of the WW Scoters. See you on the trails, Chris Pierce N. Olmsted, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]