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Maybe Red-bellied woodpecker? http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?sortBy=has+audio&curFamilyID=237&curGroupID=1&lgfromWhere=&curPageNum=5

It was just a thought - sorry it didn't work.

My guess would be that they are all Scaup (I'm not sure Greater vs Lesser) and that the ones with the white at the base of the bill are the females.  

Did you see much of the coloring - when you say dark on top and light on the bottom I think of a Dark eyed Junco.   Maybe try listening to that. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Dark-eyed_Junco/id Good luck.

That's what I was thinking also.  Female Nuttall's??

I haven't been signed on much recently, but I also have been wondering about the e-mail alerts.  I wondered if anybody else was having  the same problem - I must have missed this when it was first posted. Is anybody receiving the e-mail alerts for responses to the posts?? 

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Well, if that's not right - then I'll try Blue Jay

Very cool.  Looks like modern art!