I made the drive to Berlin Lake to see if the mudflats are starting to come in on the southwest side (as per a write up on the Ohio Ornithological website). I guess there has been some changes in the years since that write up. There are now hardly any public access points in this part of the lake. I don't see how you could walk the shoreline now to bird unless you're willing to walk through various back yards that border the lake. I found a fairly good Ohio WMA spot not too far away and also hit Quail Hollow State Park on the way home. Lake Park Ohio Wildlife Management Area (Highlights w/ shorebird #'s) Trail was very overgrown, walked along deep muddy bank by small lake Red Shouldered Hawk Solitary Sandpiper (5) Killdeer (15) Great Blue Heron (2) Wood Duck Eastern Phoebe Red-eyed Vireo Cedar Waxwing Quail Hollow State Park (Peat, Woodland Swamp, Coniferous Trails) (Highlights) First visit, highly groomed trails w/ boardwalks in low spots. Broad-winged Hawk Barred Owl (being harassed by many BC Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Downy W/P in a tall Spruce) Pileated Woodpecker Northern Flicker Red-bellied Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Hooded Warbler Common Yellowthroat Eastern Wood PeeWee Eastern Phoebe Red-eyed Vireo Warbling Vireo Many Robins moving through the woods (30+) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]