We arrived at "The Sandspit" at 7:30AM to a temperature of 58 degrees in a constant heavy rain. The rain lasted until 9:45AM. Twenty-three Bald Eagles, 4 adults and 19 juveniles, were seen in the harbor area with eight of them on the sandspit. The Common Merganser family, mom and the six kids, were frolicking along the approach breakwall. Highlights have been 3 breeding plumaged Black-bellied Plovers, which circled, but never landed at about 8:45AM: and 3 American Avocets which came in and landed at 11AM. Some of the other birds of interest have been 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 9+ Sanderlings, 6 Semipalmated Plovers, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, 4 Least Sandpipers, 8 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 4 Killdeer, and a single Caspian Tern. It is presently 11:45AM, the avocets are still here, but the sun is out, and the usual unappreciative non birders are beginning to show up; with one jeep already driving thru the avocets and flushing them to a new resting location. Hopefully things won't get to crazy this afternoon.

Bob and Denise Lane / Mahoning County                                     
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