A few hours in Clear Creek Metro Park provided some newer arrivals in
the form of a couple of northern parulas, two hermit thrushes, two
blue-headed vireos, but no black-and-whites, b-t greens, or
yellow-throateds(?). Two singing winter wrens were a delight.
        The mudflats at Delaware WA Sean Williams described were productive
this morning, with a list different, though hardly better, than those
posted already. We had one each of the yellowlegs, a dozen killdeers,
and about 160 pectoral sandpipers. As long as the area stays wet--and I
hope Sean is right that it will last through the migration, though I
wonder if it'll be there next week with all this sun--there should be a
changing retinue of shorebirds. There were six duck species, too. The
best area is on the south end of the mud--a long walk from Leonardsburg
Rd (plenty of hungry ticks if you want those, though), and maybe closer
from the big dike but somewhat obscured there by trees. I also hear Herr
Rd near Big Island WA was producing snipes and pectorals in good numbers
yesterday; this area has been great at times in recent years, with
species like stilts and phalaropes courting, if not breeding; park and
walk rather than blocking the road.
Bill Whan
Columbus

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