I spent the first two hours of this morning today at Lorain Harbor. The snowy owl reported on the breakwall yesterday was more cooperative today. It was sitting on a nice snag against a grassy background only 100ft or so off the parking lot. Lots of people got some really nice photos. I also saw two of the three red phalaropes that were reported yesterday. These were against the steel wall below the water treatment plant at the mouth of the Black River. I parked on the west side of the river in the badly rutted parking area that leads to the old fishing pier. They were across the river with 50 or so Bonaparte's gulls. Nothing else unusual there. Not much of interest at Avon power plant or Bradstreet Landing (except 10,000 or more red-breasted mergansers). At Rocky River park, there were three black scoters and one white-winged scoter. The latter was quite close to shore, presenting excellent views. There were several loons at each location, but all were common loons. Randy Rowe, Wooster ______________________________________________________________________ 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]