Stilt still present as of 4:30 in west end pond

John Habig
Carlisle, OH
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On Apr 17, 2012, at 12:14 PM, Mike Busam <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Greetings... A Black-necked Stilt was a nice surprise this morning at
> the Ellis Lake Wetlands in West Chester, Butler County. There are some
> skypools in the farm fields near the bike trail parking lot off of
> Firebird Lane along Union Center Blvd. 'Round about noon the pools
> held 1 male Black-necked Stilt, 5+ Killdeer, 2 Semipalmated Plovers,
> ~30 Lesser Yellowlegs, 3 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, 2
> Dunlin, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, and other birds I no doubt missed.
> 
> The stilt flew from pool to pool before ending up among the dead
> cattail stalks on the edge of the dike that heads out roughly north
> from the parking area.
> 
> The skypools probably won't last more than a couple more days without some rain.
> 
> Take care,
> ---Mike Busam
> Butler County, OH
> 
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