The Whittier peninsula in the new Scioto Park continues to be a shorebird magnet.  Water level was low enough to expose much of the mud bar in the river here, and it had attracted a nice assortment of waterbirds.  No avocets, which were seen earlier in the week, but still found

3 Great Blue Herons
3 Green Herons
2 Great Egrets
1 Black-cr.Night Heron
10 Kildeer
4 Solitary Spr
3 Lesser Yellowlegs
20 Semipalmated Spr
30 Least Spr
1 Herring Gull
15 Ring-billed Gulls
10 Cormorants

Landbirds weren' nearly as interesting, but there were a few Baltimore Orioles along the bikepath, and some Chimney swifts and Barn swallows overhead.  The park has planted trees in the old meadow along the bikepath, which is not a bad idea, but they're all starting to die from lack of watering/care.

Rob

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