Here's the final summary of the irruption of Surf Scoters on the east side.
I've included the info on Long-tailed Duck and White-wing Scoter, even
though their numbers seem about normal, so as to show the magnitude of the
irruption. I believe that if these numbers were due to increased birders in
the field that the numbers of Long-tailed Ducks and White-wing Scoters
would have increased also. I hear there were 3 - BLACK SCOTERS on the
Kootenays in BC, so keep the binos handy.

WASHINGTON:
1 - Surf Scoter Buchanan Lake, Yakima Co, 8 Oct (RR)
13 - Surf Scoters Columbia River Wenatchee, 8 Oct (DB)
1 - Surf Scoter Yakima Delta Richland, 9 Oct (BL, NL)
48 - Surf Scoter Potholes Resevoir, Grant Co. 9 Oct (BF)
2 - Surf Scoter Yakima Delta Richland, 11Oct (BL, NL)
4 - Long-tailed Duck Soap Lake, Grant Co. 11 Oct (DS)
3 - Surf Scoter Soap Lake, Grant Co. 11 Oct (DS)
45 - Surf Scoter Lake Lenore, Grant co. 11 Oct (DS)
7 - Surf Scoter Alkali Lake, Grant co. 11 Oct (DS)
17 - Surf Scoter Vantage, Kittitas Co. 12 Oct (SD)
3 - White-winged Scoter Soap Lake, Grant Co. 12 Oct (BF, MB)
12 - Surf Scoter below Vantage, Kittitas Co. 12 Oct (BF)
8 - Surf Scoter Sullivan Lake, Pend Oreille Co. 12 Oct (MM)
1 - Long-tailed Duck Lake Lenore,Grant County, 12 Oct (DS)
46 - Surf Scoter Lake Lenore,Grant County, 12 Oct (DS)
21 - Surf Scoter Two Rivers County Park, Kennewick, 13 Oct (DR)
6 - Surf Scoter Swallows Park, Clarkston, Asotin Co. 13 Oct (AW)

6 - White-winged Scoter Sprague Lake, Adams Co. 14 Oct (CS)
13 - Surf Scoter Rock Lake, Whitman Co. 14 Oct (CS)
3 - White-winged Scoter Rock Lake, Whitman Co. 14 Oct (CS)
2 - Surf Scoter Sprague Lake NW end of lake, Lincoln Co., 15 Oct (MjH)
5 - Surf Scoter Soap Lake, Grant Co. 15 Oct (MjH)
2 - Long-tailed Duck Soap Lake, Grant Co. 15 Oct (MjH)
1 - Surf Scoter Lind Coulee, Grant Co. 15 Oct (MjH)
19 - Surf Scoter Soap Lake, Grant Co. 20 Oct (BL, NL)
3 - Long-tailed Duck Soap Lake, Grant Co. 20 Oct (BL, NL)
2 - flocks (8 and 20) of scoters on Moses Lake, Grant Co. 23 Oct (RHi)
1 - White-winged Scoter Fish hook Park, Walla Walla Co. 23 Oct (BC)
4 - Surf Scoter Natural Corral Lk., Grant Co, 24 Oct (BF)
3 - Surf Scoter Vantage, Kittitas Co. 26 Oct (BL, NL)

IDAHO:
5 - Surf Scoter Spring Valley Res. Moscow, 6 Oct (CS)
24 - Surf Scoter Mann Lake Nez Perce Co. 12 Oct (KC, JW)
11 - Surf Scoter Mann Lake Nez Perce Co. 9 Oct (KC, MC)
1 - Surf Scoter Page Ponds Shoshone Co., 12 Oct (LH)
3 - Surf Scoter Genesee Holding Pond, Genesee 13 Oct (TG)
1 - Surf Scoter sewage ponds, St. Maries, 13 Oct (RD)

CANADA:
4 - Surf Scoter Okanagan Lake, Penticton, B.C. 2 Oct (LN)
1 - Surf Scoter Stump Lake, Merritt, B.C. 6 Oct (WW)
3 - Surf Scoter Nicola Lake, Merritt, B.C. 6 Oct (WW)
3 - Surf Scoter Nicola L. rest area, Merritt, B.C. 6 Oct (WW)
3 - White-winged Scoter Nicola Lake, Merritt, B.C. 6 Oct (WW)
5 - Surf Scoter Okanagan Lake, Penticton, B.C. 9 Oct (GW,LN)
1 - White-winged Scoter Okanagan Lake, Penticton, B.C. 9 Oct (GW)
37 - Surf Scoter Kootenay Lake, Nelson B.C. 9 Oct (JA)
2 - Surf Scoter Buse Lake just east of Kamloops. BC, 11 Oct (WW)
8 - Surf Scoter Irricana Sloughs, Nanton, AB 12 Oct (TK)
2 - Long-tailed Duck Chain Lakes, Nanton, AB 13 Oct (TK)
5 - Surf Scoter Duck Chain Lakes, Nanton, AB 13 Oct (TK)
1 - Surf Scoter Pine Coulee at Hwy 527 Nanton, AB 13 Oct (TK)
6 - Surf Scoter Namaka Lake, AB 13 Oct (MH)
1 - Surf Scoter (imm.) McKay's Reservoir, Vernon, BC 14 Oct (CC, RM, CSi)
2 - White-winged Scoter Pend oreille/Beaver Ck Pk. 22 Oct (Gwen ?, EB)

2 - White-winged Scoter Columbia Lk. B.C. 28 Oct (RH)
3 - BLACK SCOTER (juvenile) Kootenays "the ferry ramp"? B.C. 28 OCT (EB)

OREGON:
4 - Surf Scoter Joseph Sewage Lagoon, Wallowa Co., 30 Sep (FC)
7 - Surf Scoter Wallowa Lake, Wallowa Co., 12 Oct (FC)
7 - Surf Scoter, Wickiup Reservoir, Deschutes Co., 13 Oct (SK)
2 - Surf Scoter, Suttle Lake, Jefferson Co., 14 Oct (BA)
1 - Long-tailed Duck Knox Pond in Malheur NWR, 20 Oct (PRBA)
2 - Surf Scoter, Suttle Lake, Jefferson Co., 23 Oct (DA)

MONTANA:
1 - Surf Scoter Smurfit-Stone Ponds Missoula, 12 Oct (WT)
2 - Surf Scoter Polson Sewage Ponds Polson, 14 Oct (WT,JR)


COLORADO:
5 - Surf Scoter Aurora Reservoir, Aurora (JM)

Observers:
AW - Al Winter
BA - Bev Armstrong

BC - Brad Cady
BF - Bob Flores

BL - Bill LaFramboise

CC - Chris Charlesworth
CS - Charles Swift
CSi - Chris Siddle
DA - Don Albright
DB - Dave Beaudette
DR - Dennis K. Rockwell
DS - Doug Schonewald

EB - Ed Beynon
FC - Frank Conly
GW - Gwynneth Wilson
JA - Janice Arndt
JM - John Monson
JW - Jane Westervelt
KC - Keith Carlson
LH - Lisa Hardy
LN - Laure Neish

MB - Marv Breece
MC - Marilyn Carlson
MH - Mike Harrison
MjH - Mark Houston
MM - Matthew Moskwik
NL - Nancy LaFramboise

PRBA - Portland RBA
RD - Remko Duursma

RH - Randy Hopkins
RHi - Randy Hill
RM - Richard Mooney
RR - Rich Repp
SK - Steve Kornfeld
SD - Scott G. Downs
TG - Terry Gray
TK - Terry Korolyk
WT - Wayne Tree
WW - Wayne C. Weber

Kerry Turley
304 E. Woodin Rd.
Sunnyside, WA 98944