Hi all, Mark Vass had a flock of 22 American Avocets fly into Conneaut Harbor at 7:00 this evening. They were resting with the gulls on the sandbar close to the west jetty at 7:35 when I arrived. They flushed up with the gulls in response to a dog at about 7:50, and circled at high altitude for about five minutes, before forming a wedge and flying east towards the east jetty. They were not seen again. Also present: 7+Semipalmated Plovers 3 juv. Red Knots 10 Sanderlings several Least Sandpipers 2 juv. Stilt Sandpipers 2 juv. Short-billed Dowitchers Good birding, Ben Coulter --------------------------------- Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]