On the way home from the Dayton International Airport this evening, I made a very quick stop at the north end of the main lake at Englewood MetroPark for a few minutes. I didn't have the time to spend really searching through all the Killdeers and I didn't have a scope, but at least I did have my binocular with me. . . The habitat at Englewood MetroPark is now excellent - there is a huge expanse of mudflats, with a few ponds inches deep in the middle. The mudflats were full of Killdeers - I didn't have time to count them, but would estimate 400-500. I saw a number of shorebirds, and with a scope would have surely picked out more among all the Killdeers. Good numbers of Great Blue Herons as well. I think this area will be well worth watching over the weekend, especially as the weather changes and the cold front approaches. John Shrader Centerville, Ohio, USA ***************************** Location: Englewood Reserve Observation date: 8/21/08 Notes: TIME: 1800 - 1820 CONDITIONS: Temp 86F, wind SE 5-10; high clouds with dark rain clouds to the west COVERAGE: North end of the main lake - very large mudflat present now with some ponding of water a few inches deep - excellent shorebird conditions OO: NONE Number of species: 8 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 30 Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias 29 Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus 500 Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria 2 Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes 3 Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla 10 Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos 1 Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica 10 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]