I was unable to go along with our local group's birding trip today, but just got a mid-day report via Brad Sparks. At Sheldon Marsh, 13-14 warbler species were found shortly after dawn, along with four vireo spp. Fifteen shorebird species were found shortly thereafter along the old Cedar Pt chaussee, mostly along the northern portion. They included: 8 Hudsonian godwits red knot an amazing 25 western sandpipers Baird's SP Also present was a snowy egret, 100+ Forster's and fewer common terns, and an early eared grebe (see Doug Overacker's report from BCSP of this morning). This site--especially the east side lately--can be dynamite with low water (depends mainly on wind this time of year), but is a pain to bird; parking is on a gravel pull-off on the s. mainland end, and it's a long walk past walls of Phragmites, with traffic whizzing by at your elbows, to viewing spots. Please be careful! I recommend cruising the area first to see if birds are present before going through all this. The group is on the way to Willow Pt WA and Findlay Res #1, with maybe a few stops in between. Will report if any significant finds. 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]