Well kind of intimidating to post after all those rarities great birders saw on the lake today. I am not much of a lake watcher can only see closer in stuff so here goes what I saw today: Went to Sims Park in Euclid from 10:30 to 11:10am. Female Surf Scoter in the water was the only scoter, Red-breasted Mergansers closer in only saw up to 200 in water. Saw group of 8-9 Bufflehead fly east. Many Bonaparte's Gulls. Many Juncos seen. Went to Villa Angela/Wildwood from 11:45 to 1:30. Many Juncos seen, saw one American Tree Sparrow, heard others, two Swamp Sparrows, 4 Song Sparrows, Chipping Sparrow, Winter Wren, 3 FOX SPARROWS in Villa Angela closer to lake furthest west (there were more in the park) Hermit Thrush 1. While I was in front of mobile home park saw 9 Ruddy Ducks in front of rock piles, while trudging through the beach almost missed 7 large birds flew east near rock piles and at least 6 were White-winged Scoters. Went back to Sims Park from 1:45 to 3pm. Was much more windy now. Many more Red-breasted Mergansers flying & in water. Group of six scoters in water at least 3 where White-winged Scoters further northeast of eastern bluff. Not sure the other three but did see 2 Black Scoters fly in from west (no white on their bellies) and land. That is all I could find. Not really seeing White-throated Sparrows so any sparrow sound I am hearing now that sounds like White-throated or Song like "pssss" more often than not has been a Fox Sparrow as they haven't been singing. Whenever they feed on the ground and see anybody they fly up to a bush or low tree for awhile and then fly to a higher tree on lookout then fly further away to ground. But their "pssss" gives them away. 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]