Dave Dister asked if I could post this for him:
"This past Sunday (Nov. 26) I counted 81 dunlins in the estuary west
of the Ottawa NWR impoundments (Lucas County) and down at the St. Marys
Fish Hatcheries (Auglaize County) I found 3 least sandpipers in basic
plumage."
If I'm correct, Dave had the dunlins in the Crane Creek estuary,
probably in the wide part not far east of the bridge. The estuary has
not been visited as often as it should be, as it clears out with W and
SW winds and can host phenomenal numbers of shorebirds, the ones that
used to show up at what is now Lake Metzger. Paul Sherwood recently
mentioned having witnessed such a blow-out this year on 17 Oct,with
spectacular results. Dunlins numbering in four figures were seen there
last Nov and the Nov of 2004.
Bill Whan
Columbus

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