I was at Sims Park in Euclid late today from 5:44 to 6:45pm and the lake was very smooth. Today I saw four Common Mergansers females far east of the pier. I looked at them a long long time as I didn't want to misidentify these birds. Each year you usually see just one real early far east of pier hanging around a long time. I walked around quickly and was only able to see White-throated Sparrows, many Yellow-rumped Warblers, many Kinglets, a couple Winter Wrens and a Chestnut-sided Warbler. 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]