There were decent numbers of shorebirds at Big Island and the area
today (1000-1800). I didn't hear any King Rails, though I was only
there in the middle of the day. Here's the list:

Killdeer- everywhere
Semipalmated Plover- 44
Black-bellied Plover- 1
Spotted Sandpiper- lots
Solitary Sandpiper- 1
Lesser Yellowlegs- 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper- 22
Least Sandpiper- 8
White-rumped Sandpiper- 4
Pectoral Sandpiper- 1
Dunlin- 3

Non-shorebirds:

American Bittern
Sora- 1
Common Moorhen- 4
Black Tern- 3

And a map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=40.559982,-83.230019&spn=0.065208,0.160675&t=h&z=13&msid=111541981737930463917.00044e0299312b3edc492


Good birding,

Sean


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Sean Williams
Ohio Wesleyan University(attending from Boston)
Delaware, OH
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