Lotus Cove at Cowan Lake continues to improve. (OOS web page here<http://www.ohiobirds.org/birdingsites/showsite.php?Site_ID=48>, interactive map here<http://local.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=104411027825639848188.00000112446c0b9e1a50e&z=14&om=1>) This morning, I found the following shorebirds 1 Greater Yellowlegs 13 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Solitary Sandpiper 4 Spotted Sandpiper 4 Least Sandpiper 2 White-rumped Sandpiper 4 Pectoral Sandpiper In addition, there were six Great Egrets in the east end and 69 Ring-billed Gulls at the beach, only two of which were adults. The water at the Mound Road access point at Caesar Creek was even higher. There was another Great Egret there. The Osprey nest was occupied. Larry Gara checked out Cowan in the late afternoon. He did not find the white-rumps, but he did add a Semipalmated Plover. At the spillway, which was barren in the morning, he found a killdeer and nine Spotted Sandpipers. Cheers, Bob -- Robert D Powell Wilmington, OH, USA [log in to unmask] http://rdp1710.wordpress.com Nulla dies sine linea ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]