Hello! Sorry for the delayed post, but yesterday I took "the long way home" to Columbus from the Toledo area by stopping in the Bellevue area to check on shorebirds. I arrived at the CR292 skypond about 6:45 PM and I carefully scanned the surrounding areas several times through my scope looking for a Buff-Breasted Sandpiper. Having no luck after about 45 minutes, I briefly checked out the CR175 skypond (now dry), the T80 skypond (geese, Mallards, Herons, Yellowlegs, few peeps), and the CR205 skypond (Coots, Grebes, Killdeer, Doves, Ruddy Ducks, BW Teal), but did not observe any rarities including a Buff-Breasted. At about 8:15 PM, I decided to check out the CR292 pond again on my way home, and on the south side of the tracks on the east side of the road, lo and behold was a single Buff-Breasted foraging within spitting distance from the road edge. I watched it through my optics for several minutes, unsuccessfully looked for others of its ilk, and went on my merry way home. FYI, CR292 is now officially open as the "Road Closed" signs have been removed and crushed stone added to the road berms adjacent to the pond area. Water levels and bird numbers have dropped since I was there this past Sunday but I observed most of the same species previously reported excluding Black Terns and Phalaropes. There were 2 Black-Bellied Plovers and some Stilt Sandpipers and Short-Billed Dowitchers on the north side of the tracks. One really needs a scope to observe the birds south of the tracks as the majority of birds were far off of the road. Rob Lowry Powell, Ohio **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]