Ruddies were pretty regular Spring migrants at Herricks Cove on the Conn. River in Rockingham in the 60's & 70's but all but disappeared until just recently. As Sue said, this year has been exceptional for the numbers of Ruddies & Scoters. Don Clark Grafton On Oct 31, 2011, at 2:08 PM, Sue Wetmore wrote: > Probably because more people are out looking. > Scoters have also been seen in high numbers as well. > Sue Wetmore > > Sent from my iPod > > On Oct 31, 2011, at 12:39 PM, "Mary-C. Marro" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: