In mid morning there were also a Caspia nTern and 3 Great Egrets. With my binocs I could only recognize the Killdeer and Yellowlegs. But there were a number of smaller birds, some of them peeps. Re the meadow: there is probably a reason that has remained a meadow, with only a few shrubs. One reason could be a very shallow soil over some beadrock which is an environment which has allowed prairie remnants to exist in some places. - a Nighthawk is buzzing outside my window, which faces Grant Hospital. Rich Richard Cressman Columbus OH [log in to unmask] --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: rob thorn <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:20:49 -0400 Subject: [Ohio-birds] Whittier-Scioto Park,8-18 The Whittier peninsula in the new Scioto Park continues to be a shorebird magnet. Water level was low enough to expose much of the mud bar in the river here, and it had attracted a nice assortment of waterbirds. No avocets, which were seen earlier in the week, but still found 3 Great Blue Herons 3 Green Herons 2 Great Egrets 1 Black-cr.Night Heron 10 Kildeer 4 Solitary Spr 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 20 Semipalmated Spr 30 Least Spr 1 Herring Gull 15 Ring-billed Gulls 10 Cormorants Landbirds weren' nearly as interesting, but there were a few Baltimore Orioles along the bikepath, and some Chimney swifts and Barn swallows overhead. The park has planted trees in the old meadow along the bikepath, which is not a bad idea, but they're all starting to die from lack of watering/care. Rob ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]