This morning I got an early start to try to beat the heat and humidity. It was mostly a work session to collect my marker ribbons from the Prothonotary Warbler nesting season. The conditions became intolerable quickly (in the old days I wouldn't care, but ever since I joined the zipper club 7 years ago my cardiologist has given me a new set of rules. Why tempt fate?) I was out only an hour and a half. I worked the peninsulas on the north side of Big Walnut Road across from the Mudhen Marsh parking lot. It seems every little cove had mudflats and shorebirds. Shorebird species present this morning include: Killdeer Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Other species of interest observed: Green Heron Osprey Yellow-throated Vireo Red-headed Woodpecker 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]