Bill Heck and I did a little scouting for leading a weekend trip, for which the most productive stop was Killdeer Plains WA. About 500 shorebirds were present in the eastern impoundment of Pond 27. In order of abundance: lesser yellowlegs, greater yellowlegs, pectoral SP, s-b dowitcher, stilt SP, solitary SP. Also present were ~195 great blue herons, 17 great egrets, and a few green herons. After about half an inch of rain last night, nearly all were way across the impoundment in shallows on the north side. A scope is essential, and be prepared to do a lot of shoulder-shrugging. This situation may improve if the water drops. At the SW corner of the impoundment, a high spot had a few dozen shorebirds in nice and close. Approach with care and don't bang those tripod legs, and you'll get some great looks at shorebirds. We had two pectorals, 4 solitaries, 15 stilt sp (ad & juv), 3 g yellowlegs (ad & juv), 21 lesser yellowlegs (ad & juv), two juv s-b dowitchers, and a spottie. TH-108 south of C-71 has shallows and a few mudflats along the east side, at the newly-named Roe Wetland. The ditch is dry, so you can get to the dike for a change to actually see what's out there. Afternoon light is best. Same shorebirds as Pond 27 (N~200) except no dows and some mud here had attracted least sp. Black, Forster's and Caspian tern present. A plethora of eagles was hard to miss. We visited Pipe Creek WA. Shorebird habitat is nil now. Four snowy egrets were present. It was pretty quiet. One gull. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]