Saturday, Aug 16 - 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Based on the e-mail from Saturday morning by Ed and Bev Neubauer, we decided to check out the mudflats at Englewood MetroPark in north metro Dayton on Saturday afternoon. As they mentioned, the mudflats at the main lake are excellent, and there were a lot of birds on it. We had similar counts of the shorebirds, with the addition of two Pectoral Sandpipers. And, we decided to try and estimate the number of Killdeers - the number approached 500! (and we probably missed some on the back edges. . .) We didn't find all the Great Blue Herons, but being late afternoon, maybe they'd already had their fill. With the current high pressure, lack of rain, the lake should be getting better each day - definitely worth checking if you've got the time! John and Karen Shrader Centerville, Ohio, USA *********************************************************** Location: Englewood Reserve Observation date: 8/16/08 Notes: TIME: 1600 - 1700 CONDITIONS: 75F, light N wind 5 mph, mostly clear, with a few cumulus clouds (beautiful day) COVERAGE: Main lake from the north end observation point MAMMALS: 1. White-tailed Deer - 2 2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 1 MISC: Lake receding, with a great deal of very shallow water and mudflats Number of species: 30 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa 10 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 40 Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias 5 Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura 10 Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus 1 Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus 1 Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus 1 Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus 480 Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius 4 Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria 4 Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes 10 Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla 7 Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla 5 White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis 2 Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos 2 Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica 50 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris 1 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens 1 H.O. American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 2 Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor 30 Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis 30 Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica 50 Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis 3 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor 2 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 50 Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum 50 Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula 1 H.O. American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis 10 House Sparrow - Passer domesticus 25 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org <http://ebird.org/> ) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]