Another great 4 day Mother’s Day escape to Magee Marsh with my best friend Cathy! The highlight this year was the Auto Tour at Ottawa NWR on Saturday. Along the south road was a traffic jam with lots of spectators with spotting scopes, always a good sign. There were reports of the White-Faced Ibis in the southwest corner of the field. The field was full of Dunlin, many very close to the road and several Dowitcher far out in the field along with Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs and various sandpipers which startled and flew when a Red-Tailed Hawk appeared. With help from a group of Amish enthusiasts, we finally spotted the Wilson’s Phalarope. The Ibis made two flights, the first of which brought him closer for a good look through the spotting scopes and photos, then he retreated to the southeast area of the field. The most exciting part was yet to come, when the Dunlin and Dowitcher suddenly took frantic flight, and someone called “PEREGRINE”! I took my nose out of my camera just in time to see an adult Peregrine Falcon rocket from the sky and pull out of the dive through a flock of Dunlin. To my vegetarian friend’s delight, he came up empty on his hunt. Laura Keene Mason, Oh “Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult” ______________________________________________________________________ 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]