Hello! On Monday late afternoon (9/3), I accessed Hoover Reservoir's western shore via Wiese Rd., where upon emerging through the trees, I immediately saw 5 Buff-Breasted Sandpipers foraging close by in the thin vegetation up towards the tree line (as reported for me by Bruce Simpson). Shortly thereafter, I was joined by Ken and Julie Davis, and Jen Sauter. Looking through our scopes further down shore, we noted numerous peeps but did not take the time to go down and ID the various birds. From our original access point, we collectively saw the following notable birds: BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER-5 Semipalmated Plover-4 Semipalmated Sandpiper-many WESTERN SANDPIPER-1 juvenile SANDERLING-1 Least Sandpiper-many Lesser Yellowlegs-4 Common Nighthawk-3 flying relatively low in broad daylight Northern Shoveler-5 While it was still light out, Ken and I went over to the east shore to look for the Red Phalarope that Bruce Simpson and others reported in the area yesterday. We observed the following notable birds: RED PHALAROPE-One was observed in the small inlet just north of Pelican Island in the same area reported by Bruce. Ken and I studied this bird for a long time (over 30 minutes) and we concluded after careful consideration that the bird was a Red Phalarope. We telephoned Julie who later joined us and she also concluded that the bird appeared to be a Red Phalarope. After Ken and Julie left, I observed the bird up close through my scope for another 15 minutes. It was totally into feeding in its typical "nervous" fashion mainly in the water with some time on shore, oblivious to what was going on around it. BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER-1 Short-Billed Dowitcher-4 Stilt Sandpiper-2 Greater Yellowlegs-6 Lesser Yellowlegs-7 Pectoral Sandpiper-4 Least Sandpiper-several Semipalmated Sandpiper-several Common Nighthawk-1 Spotted Sandpiper-3 Hoover Reservoir is north of Columbus. Rob Lowry Powell, Ohio ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ______________________________________________________________________ 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]