I was able to stop at Lorain a couple times today.  I stopped around 11:00
and again around 4:30.  There were a lot of shorebirds at 11:00.  They were
coming and going and were moving around a lot.  It was difficult to get a
good peep count as they were moving a lot.  This morning the most exciting
birds were 4 avocets, 2 Baird's sandpipers, 1 western sandpiper, 3
buff-breasted sandpipers and a long-billed dowitcher adult.This afternoon
there were a fraction of the birds seen earlier.  The avocets and western
sandpiper were the only uncommon birds that hung around.  Golden and
black-bellied plovers dropped in just as I was leaving.

Here is a list of what I saw.  The E and L after the number signify E- early
(11:00) and L-late (4:30).  If it wasn't so hot it would have been a great
day to just sit out there.

Black-bellied plover   2L
American golden plover  1L
Semipalmated plover   23E, 2L
Killdeer   8E, 3L
American avocet   4E,L
Spotted sandpiper   1L
Greater yellowlegs   1L
Lesser yellowlegs   3E, 1L
Semipalmated sandpiper   50+E, 12L
Western sandpaiper   1E, L
Least sandpiper   7E, 2L
Baird's sandpiper   2E
Pectoral sandpiper   4E
Dunlin 1E, L
Stilt sandpiper   1E
Buff-breasted sandpiper   3E
Short-billed dowitcher   11E, 1L
Long-billed dowitcher   1E

John Pogacnik
4765 Lockwood Road
Perry, OH 44081
(440) 259-2751

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