Stopped by Hoover this evening for some good times w/ the birds. There I ran into Kevin Metzger we got to bird together briefly before we ran out of usuable light. We got to see a juvenile Peregrine Falcon (with a bluish/green band I could barely make out). He chased the Ospreys and the Great Egret and anything else he felt like chasing. He didn't seem like he was really trying to accomplish much by these general harrassments. Turned up a pretty bright Juvenile Western Sandpiper amongst the Semi's and Leasts. Goodish numbers of everything I could see more over on Weiss road, but didn't head over there, all I could call from the boardwalk were Pecs and Yellowlegs, and Killdeer. I didn't see the Little Blue Heron. List with rough estimates: Spotted Sandpiper - 3 Pectoral Sandpipers - 5 Leasts - most numerous peep, probably around 60+ Semipalmated Sandpipers - Juvies and adults only around 30 maybe Western Sandpiper - 1 juvenile and one possible adult - I lost track of it as soon as I got on it thanks to the Peregrine Lesser Yellowlegs (at least 10) Greater Yellowlegs (at least 3) Semi-palmated Plovers - 15 Killdeer Canada Geese - lots! at least they are keeping the grass on the exposed mud short. Wood Ducks BW Teal - 2 Mallards Great Egret - 1 Great Blue Heron - 10 Peregrine Falcon - 1 Osprey - 3 Cedar Waxwings E. Kingbirds BE. Kingfisher etc. Earlier today when I was around Kenyon College I had a pair of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS who were being very vocal with eachother. I first noticed their call as I stepped out of my car to hear a high-pitched "TISs-seee". Kinda cool. Good Birdin' - 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]