I was out working on the OBBA2 this morning in block 66B3SE and stopped
near some railroad tracks hoping to pick up some birds in the scrub
along the tracks and I heard an Upland Sandpiper. I was along State
Route 41 at Harold Road and near the DTI railroad tracks. This is about
a mile north of South Solon and 3 or 4 miles south of South Charleston.
I thought the sandpiper was in a no till soybean field west of Route 41
and listened to it for over 10 minutes without seeing it. Then I spotted
two of them flying over me to another soybean field east of Route 41 on
the north side of Harold Road. I moved to Harold Road and then saw three
of them fly and land in the field. Two of them seemed to be paired.
State Route 41 is a fairly busy road but Harold Road has little traffic.
A scope would probably be needed to get good looks at the birds. They
would probably be very difficult to find if they don't call. These
fields are really big.

Doug Overacker
Springfield, Ohio

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