I visited the Treaty Line Road mudflats at Brookville Reservoir over 
the past three days.  Highlights:

Wednesday morning, 29 August, very little present:
mainly Killdeer (65), a small number of "peeps" (2 Semi and 13 Least) 
and 9 Pectoral Sandpiper, 4 Great Egrets

Thursday morning, 30 August:
no Great Egrets
Semipalmated Plover 3
Killdeer 105
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
RUDDY TURNSTONE 1 (molting into basic plumage, a different bird from 
the one reported a few days ago  by Jan Stenger and David Russell 
(photos))
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
WESTERN SANDPIPER 2 (careful study, size of Semis, bill noticeably 
long and drooping slightly toward tip)
Least Sandpiper 33
Pectoral Sandpiper 19

Friday afternoon, 31 August, virtually no shorebirds:
Great Egret 13
Killdeer 4
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Caspian Tern 2

It would seem that a flux of shorebirds moved through associated with 
the mild front that passed yesterday; now the mud flats' "slate" is 
wiped clean for the next movement.

BTW,  I've been seeing Black Vultures regularly (1-3) over my home in 
southern Wayne County (outskirts of Richmond).

Bill Buskirk
Biology Department
Earlham College
Richmond, IN 47374