I was at Conneaut harbor this morning (8/12) (I should have been home watching hummingbirds).  Things were somewhat slow.  There was a single BAIRD'S SANDPIPER on the mudflat when I first arrived a little before 8:00 am.  It flew off almost immediately after a northern harrier flew over.  About 20 minutes later 2 WILLETS flew by.  They flew to the west without even showing the slightest inclination of stopping.  After that there were a several semipalmated plovers, killdeer, lesser yellowlegs, least sandpipers and semipalmated sandpipers and a single black-bellied plover and pectoral sandpiper.  Most of the birds did not stay long.  I also had 2 northern harriers that hung around the mudflat area a while and also 2 bald eagles, 1 osprey, 1 peregrine falcon, and a Cooper's hawk.  Needless to say the shorebirds were spooking constantly.  Add a couple loose dogs and you don't have many shorebirds lingering.  There was also a single LITTLE GULL and about a dozen Bonaparte's gulls.  the only other bird of note was a greater scaup.  Some neat birds to see, but not a lot of photographic opportunities.
 
John Pogacnik
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