Wow. Well I almost didn't go but I'm glad I made it to the Hardin County or Longbrake's Wetlands today. John Kuenzli had told me that the adult female Red-necked Phalarope was seen around the sparsly vegetated and muddy island that is slightly to left middle of the main wetland, as you stand and look from the NE corner. It took a little time because the bird tended to poke around on the north side of this island, but finally it appeared. It was really cool looking, but I did have to zoom in a bit w/ the scope to get good-ish looks. I digi-scoped some pics and then it went back around to the north side. I walked up the embankment that heads northward to see if I could watch it swim and pick daintily at the water some more from this vantage point. As I got to a good position I saw in front of me a couple birds, one obviously a Phalarope, l got my bins on it and sure enough it was an adult female WILSON'S PHALAROPE! Perhaps it is the same female that stayed all summer last year. It was really close so I digi-scoped some really beautiful (for me) pictures of the bird. It picked at a few things (doesn't like to swim as much as the Red-neck) and then it flew northward and landed out of sight in the wetland. I was able to see the Red-necked Phal. from this place so I just watched it swim back and forth for a while longer and I then headed out of there. A Two Phalarope Day! Hardin Co. comes through for me again. Fun stuff. Red-necked Phalarope - 1 female breeding plum. (another lifebird! what is going on) Wilson's Phalarope - 1 female breeding plum. Least Sandpiper - 15+ Semi-palmated Sandpiper - 1 Dunlin - 10+ Lesser Yellowlegs - 4+ Semi-palmated Plover - 1 Killdeers BW Teals P.B. Grebes Mallards CAGO Coots Bobolinks - 8 or so Grasshopper Sparrow - 2+ Savannah Sparrow - 10+ Barn Swallow - many they are nesting in the culvert pipe and their nest is amazing, its hanging from a threadlike piece of wire from the roof of the pipe, hardly looks possible. etc. Have a good day, and Good Birding. - Ben Warner ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]