I stopped by Gilmore Ponds after work today. It has acres of mudflats and shallow water. The only thing missing were the shorebirds. Maybe morning would be a better time to visit? If you go I would park at the Symmes Rd parking lot and walk back to the first viewing platform. Firebird Wetlands is located at Firebird Ct next to 6200 Union Center Blvd. This wetland has some ponds that are starting to dry out and held Killdeer and Solitary Sandpiper today while I was there (about 20 minutes). Killdeer (dozens) Solitary Sandpiper (7) Spotted Sandpiper (3) Least Sandpiper (1) Semipalmated Sandpiper (1) Indigo Bunting Carolina Chickadee Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Robin Catbird Pied-billed Grebe (5 juveniles) Great Blue Heron (38) Great Egret (5) Mallard Canada Goose Wood Duck Cardinal Purple Martin Tree Swallow Barn Swallow House Wren Willow Flycatcher Common Yellowthroat Song Sparrow Field Sparrow Flicker American Goldfinch House Sparrow Pigeon Mourning Dove Red-winged Blackbird Grackle Starling Red-tailed Hawk John Habig 261 Lantis Dr. Carlisle, Ohio 45005 [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]