Yesterday (Saturday, 7/26), there were decent numbers of shorebirds at the various skyponds that I visited in the Bellevue area in the afternoon through early evening. I did not find the Black-Necked Stilts at the TR 80 location while BRIEFLY looking during two visits. A pair of birders with whom I later talked with did not find them either during their visit. Shorebirds and other notable birds observed were as follows: North side of CH34 between TR 79 and 80 (the best numbers and habitat) Wilson's Phalarope-2 Short-Billed Dowitchers ~13 Pectoral Sandpiper-several Lesser Yellowlegs-many Greater Yellowlegs-a few Stilt Sandpiper-3 Semipalmated Sandpiper-some Least Sandpiper-many Semipalmated Plover-2 or 3 Solitary Sandpiper-2 Killdeer-numerous Great Egret-2 Horned Lark-2 Grasshopper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow TR 292 (Riddle Rd) south of RR tracks Short-Billed Dowitcher ~10 Stilt Sandpiper-6 Pectoral Sandpiper ~6 Lesser Yellowlegs-several Greater Yellowlegs-some Least Sandpiper-some Spotted Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Killdeer-many Great Egret-3 Ruddy Duck ~24 Pied-Billed Grebe 12+ Various Swallow species overhead South side of CR 205 between TR 296 and 298 Pair of Coots w/ 2 chicks Killdeer The locations of the indicated roads can be found on Page 38 of the DeLorme in the general grid area of B-C 2-2.5, just north and south of U.S Rte. 20 west of Bellevue. Rob Lowry Powell, Ohio **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]