I located three Surf Scoters at South Stanchfield Lake in Isanti County earlier today. Initially they were at the south end and viewed from the east side of the lake. They moved toward the north end of the lake and then later flew back down to the south end and started working their way back north again. Also present were 2 or 3 loons, a couple of Horned Grebes and a Red-necked Grebe as well as 3 ruddies and a single Canvasback. I did not see the Black Scoter that Herb Dingmann reported there a few days ago. A couple of blue phase Snow Geese were still present with the Canada and Cackling flock on the southwest shore (only viewable from the east side of the lake). I checked the Milaca sewage ponds in Mille Lacs County and found lots of Canada Geese but did not find either the Snow or Ross's Goose. There were several pipits in the first cell. The best assortment of ducks I found today was at the Princeton sewage ponds - in Sherburne County (in the cell right by the gate - they are working on the east cell). There were American Wigeon, Redheads, Green-wing Teal, scaup, Hooded Mergs and a very large quantity of Bufflehead. There was also a large contingent of Bonaparte's Gulls there as well. Bob Ekblad Olmsted County in SE Minnesota http://www.Birding-Minnesota.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html