Hi all, I had 1 Black Scoter flyby at Sims Park in Euclid at around 7:30 this morning, and a raft of about 15 when I came back later at 12. Good westward movement of ducks; mostly Red-breasted Mergansers with a few Redheads and Pintails mixed in. The strong north winds were pushing the flights to within 50 meters of shore. At Conneaut, from the observation deck I saw mostly Ring-billed and Herring Gulls, with about 20 Great Black-backed and 5 Lesser Black-backed mixed in. All of the black-backed gulls were immature birds. On the shore south of the observation deck, there was a first winter Franklin's Gull mixing with the Ring-billeds and Bonaparte's. Interestingly, I saw no loons of any species today. Good birding, Gautam Apte ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]