This afternoon Jim Fry and I checked the mudflats at Area M and the northeast shoreline for shorebird activity. The activity was only moderate at Area M. From the boardwalk we observed Killdeer, Semipalmated Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, and Stilt Sandpiper. At the mudflats along the east shoreline the activity was better with many individuals present. Species observed there included Killdeer, Semipalmated Plover, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Semiplmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper and Pectoral Sandpiper. Whereas Area M had less than 100 individuals in total, the east shore mudflats had hundreds of birds. As August begins activity should improve in both numbers of individuals and species. Charlie Bombaci Hoover Nature Preserve Delorme 58 C (2) & (3) ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ______________________________________________________________________ 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]