Larry Gara and I met up at the Cowan Lake Lotus Trail yesterday morning (4
May 07)   (OOS web page
here<http://www.ohiobirds.org/birdingsites/showsite.php?Site_ID=48>,
interactive map
here<http://local.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=104411027825639848188.00000112446c0b9e1a50e&z=14&om=1>)
 Overcast skies and cool temps inhibited the migrant songbirds, but the
numbers of shorebirds continued to increase.  The highlight was a
well-tudied Baird's Sandpiper.  The breeding plumage of Baird's Sandpiper is
well-known for the broad fringes on the scapulars, mantle and tertials,
which when combined with the dark centers give the bird a "spangled"
appearance.  The fringes on this bird were so broad as to make it look
positively polka-dotted.  Obviously, this bird was in plumage about as fresh
as you could imagine.

The shorebird list:

 3 Greater Yellowlegs
21 Lesser Yellowlegs
 6 Solitary Sandpiper
 1 Spotted Sandpiper
 6 Least Sandpiper
 1 Baird's Sandpiper
 2 Pectoral Sandpiper
 3 Semipalmated Plover

Three Great Egrets remain at Cowan in the east end of the lake.

This morning we had three male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and a female at out
feeders just outside Wilmington.

Cheers,

Bob

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Robert D Powell
Wilmington, OH, USA
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