Hello!

From about 5:10 to 6:25 PM this past Saturday evening (9/8/07), I stood in
one spot and observed the following shorebirds along the  western mudflats of
Hoover Reservoir as accessed from Wiese Rd.:

Red Knot-1 across the narrow stretch of water from the western shore
Buff-Breasted Sandpiper-2 (1 walked to within 20 feet of me for  unbelievable
views!)
Baird's Sandpiper-4 (feeding with a Buff-Breasted and several peeps)
Short-Billed Dowitcher-10
Semipalmated Plover-13+
Pectoral Sandpiper-10+
Least Sandpiper-many
Semipalmated Sandpiper-many
Killdeer-many
Lesser Yellowlegs-20+
Greater Yellowlegs-2+
Stilt Sandpiper-4
Spotted Sandpiper

As the storm front approached the area around 6 PM, the winds significantly
picked up and I happened to see a bird flying fairly low above me along with
the  wind out of the corner of my eye.  I looked up to see one of about 40
Nighthawks dipping, twirling, diving, and soaring along with the wind.  A  few
minutes later, another flock of 16 flew through, and another flock of 25  came
through in advance of the front a few minutes after that (for a total of  80+).
 I assume that there were several juveniles within the  flocks based on their
slightly smaller size.  I did not have time to move  south along the shore to
view other birds as hoped because of the impending  storm.

Other notable birds observed included:

Great Egrets-9
Green-Winged Teal-some
Northern Shoveler-several
Black Duck-a few
Kingfisher
Caspian Tern

Hoover Reservoir is in southern Delaware County, and directions to the  Wiese
Road access area is found on the OOS web site.

Rob Lowry
Powell, Ohio




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