I hit up Hoover this morning hoping to beat the heat, but no. It was really warm by the time I got there at 8, and it only got warmer. Mudflats continue to spread and more shoreline is exposed every time I visit. This week I saw a total of 12 shorebird species, plus a few other goodies. If you want to see shorebirds, Hoover will be the place this fall! I visited the east shore from the yacht club north, as well as the boardwalk and Wiese Rd. Species seen: Killdeer: probably 500 or so birds, I stopped counting Semipalmated Plover: 16 Spotted Sandpiper: ~45 Pectoral Sandpiper: ~50 Solitary Sandpiper: ~30 Lesser Yellowlegs: ~55 Greater Yellowlegs: 12 WILLET: 4 - all were on the east shore near the southward-jutting peninsula Least Sandpiper: ~40 - most were seen from the boardwalk Semipalmated Sandpiper: 7 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER: 1 - near the Willets STILT SANDPIPER: 2 - a long walk from the parking area on Wiese Rd. Also seen were 18 Caspian Terns, 3 Forster's Terns, and 1 Bonaparte's Gull. Good Birding, John -- John Kuenzli Columbus, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]