A number of us were able to find the black-necked stilts and Wilson's phalaropes at the aforementioned location today. A male and a female stilt were feeding and flying around together--nothing more romantic than that yet. Paul Gardner spotted a pair of phalaropes copulating. I counted roughly 11 phalaropes; Troy Shively earlier had reported 15. This location is about a mile farther east along 95 than the phalaropes' most recent nesting; it is on private land, in what is apparently an untilled low point in an agricultural field. This spot does not always stay wet, though, even though it's dominated by aquatic plants. All of these birds would seemingly be better off in the wetlands farther west, but I guess they know best. The stilts were seen from 95 (and Herr) on either side of the Herr Rd./95 junction. Phalaropes were seen on the west side of Herr and in the more open wetland with a culvert under 95 farther west; this is where the stilts have spent the most time visible, and where it is easiest to pull comfortably far off busy 95. Best of luck to seekers; let us know if you see the stilts making babies. They have built a nest once in Ohio (2004), but never brought off a clutch. Baby stilts are, needless to say, unbearably cute... 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]