Larry Jeanblanc sent me pictures of a Laughing Gull he found Wednesday morning at the beach at Buck Creek State Park (Old Delorme 66A3). I rode my bicycle out this evening to look for it. There were just a few Ring-billed Gulls and no Laughing Gull. I saw a couple Spotted Sandpipers and baby Killdeer. I watched the swallows for a while and then checked the gulls again. I was hoping the Laughing Gull would come in to roost with the rest of the gulls. It didn't but I heard a bird and looked up to see a large shorebird coming in. I soon identified it as a Whimbrel. I watched it for about 4 minutes and then moved too fast and the gulls flew and spooked the Whimbrel. I waited a few more minutes and then rode toward home. As I was riding along the bike trail just south of the dam I spotted it again in a field of soybean stubble. I watched it from for another few minutes before heading for home. Doug Overacker Springfield, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]