The recent sightings at Longbrakes got the best of me so I decided to check the area thoroughly last evening. 10 species of shorebirds seemed to be the major highlights. A partial list includes the following: Canada Goose 58 countless goslings Wood Duck 3 Mallard 41 Blue Winged Teal 25 COMMON GOLDENEYE 2 pair seems late Am. Coot 40 Am. Golden Plover 55 Semipalmated Plover 60 Killdeer 27 Lesser Yellowlegs 5 Spotted Sandpiper 14 Least Sandpiper 32 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER 1 Dunlin 23 WILSON'S PHALAROPE 1 female RED NECKED PHALAROPE 1 female E. Screech Owl 1 PILEATED WOODPECKER 1 new to area OLIVE SIDED FLYCATCHER 1 new to area E. Kingbird 3 Purple Martin 6 Tree Swallow 22 N. Rough Winged Swallow 65 Bank Swallow 10 Barn Swallow 25 E. Bluebird 1 Savannah Sparrow 21 Grasshopper Sparrow 12 Bobolink 9 The new owner of the property is Mr. Alexander Andreoff, an attorney from Springfield, Ohio. He has yet to make a decision allowing public birdwatching on the property. When a decision is made I will post it on the listserv. Rick Counts Wyandot Co. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]