A couple of kind souls emailed me with the suggestion that my possible Stilt Sandpipers seen at Hoover Reservoir over the weekend (11.03.07) fit the description, and timing, of Dunlin quite well. Indeed, I used the www.mangoverde.com website to find a photo that was a better fit for what I had seen than the Stilts. I had some reservations in calling them Stilts due to leg length and the timing but thought that the head-dunking behavior might be specific to them. And I did not study the winter plumage of Dunlin well enough either. Thanks Doug and Jay for the help! Bill Zimmerman Cincinnati ______________________________________________________________________ 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]