Jay Stenger, Joe Bens and I visited Hogback Rd (Alum Creek) this morning. There is still large mudflats present, providing great shorebird habitat. The best birds were 3 SANDERLINGS. Some other birds seen: 14 Great Egrets 1 Osprey 1 Red-Shouldered Hawk ~185 Killdeer 7 Greater Yellowlegs 38 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Solitary Sandpiper 5 Spotted Sandpiper 3 SANDERLING 25 Pectoral Sandpiper 6 Semipalmated Sandpiper 9 Least Sandpiper 3 Stilt Sandpiper 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch On 8/31 Jed Burtt and I saw 1 Baird's Sandpiper and 4 Semipalmated Plovers from Hogback Rd. Also, Red-headed Woodpeckers are nearly guaranteed at the swamp north of Leonardsburg Rd. in unit B of Delaware Wildlife Area. Hogback Rd is located in Delaware County, Delorme p. 58 B-2. Jack Stenger, Ohio Wesleyan University --------------------------------- Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]