Greetings, everyone! I have not heard anything regarding this bird down in my corner of the state. I was able to find the two original posts on the WV list serve, though: http://list.audubon.org/wa.exe?A2=ind0708&L=wv-bird&T=0&P=3664 http://list.audubon.org/wa.exe?A2=ind0708&L=wv-bird&T=0&P=3581 According to the first post, the bird was not relocated on Tuesday, August 14th. The main list serve site is: http://list.audubon.org/archives/wv-bird.html Perhaps we will get lucky and it will swing this way. I will keep my eyes open at Salt Fork and The Wilds. Good birding, Jason Larson New Concord, OH Kenn Kaufman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I'm forwarding this from the ID-Frontiers listserve. Winfield, West Virginia, isn't too far from Marietta or Gallipolis in s.e. Ohio. I don't know anything more about this than what's contained in the two posts below, so don't contact me for more info; but I've looked at the photos, and it does look like the bird is a Great Knot, a species I've studied closely in China and Australia. (not just a great knot, which could be just a great sighting of a Red Knot -- the Great Knot is a different species.) Have any of you birders in eastern or southeastern Ohio heard anything about this? Kenn Kaufman Rocky Ridge, Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 12:02 AM Subject: Re: [BIRDWG01] Opinion on this West Virginia shorebird Matt The shorebird in the photos looks like a pretty straightforward, moulting adult Great Knot. This must be pretty darn rare anywhere in the USA away from Western Alaska! Martin Garner (U.K.) ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt Orsie To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 3:45 AM Subject: [BIRDWG01] Opinion on this West Virginia shorebird Hi All, This shorebird was photographed near Winfield, WV yesterday. Eyewitnesses said it was 1/4 to 1/2 times larger than a Killdeer. http://wvbirder.com/tmp9/wv_8-13-07_a.JPG http://wvbirder.com/tmp9/wv_08-13-07_b.JPG http://wvbirder.com/tmp9/wv_08-13-07_c.JPG Good Birding and Clear Skies, Matt Orsie Jefferson County - Summit Point, WV http://wvbirder.com/Sp.htm ______________________________________________________________________ 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] Jason S. Larson 11 Depot Street Apt. #5 New Concord OH 43762-1227 --------------------------------- Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]