As Joel mentions, birds from central Canada are heading overland for the Pacific coast. October - November is the time to look for loons, scoters, long-tailed ducks, grebes, etc. Places to look: Foster Res Detroit Res Wickiup Res, Davis Lk, etc Suttle Lake Haystack Lk Hatfield Lk Ochoco Res Prineville Res Fopiano Res Painted Cove at the Painted Hills Clear Lk Waldo Lk Columbia River from Hood River to the mouth of the Snake River McKay NWR Cold Springs NWR Wallowa Lk LaGrande sewage ponds Thief Valley Red Phillips Res -and other deep lakes where the birds can dive. Good birding, everyone, Paul Sullivan