Yesterday, Tim & I decided on a spur of the moment trip to Magee to see all the delightful warblers Mary Warren had listed has being there. Unfortunately for us, but fortunately for the birds, the beautiful weather had apparently encouraged them to move along. We say a few strays, including a Blackburnian & what was probably a Blackpoll, 1 Cape May, 1 Black-throated Blue & several Redstarts. There were also some warblers we couldn't id, either due to difficult viewing conditions or our own ignorance--usually the latter. The most abundant "good" bird was Warbling Vireo. Though we never saw any, we were hearing them much of the way along the boardwalk. Red-eyed Vireos were also present in good numbers. After the somewhat disappointing walk along the boardwalk, we decided to come hope via Bellevue. That turned out to more than make up for the lack of warblers. On TR 292 at the RR tracks (where the road was closed due to high water for much of the summer), there is still some water left on the north side of the tracks. We hit the mother lode! The shorebirds are all concentrated in a sky-pond right along the road. We found about 10 species of shorebirds and I am sure there were some others we didn't pick out from the hoards. I would say in total there were about 300-500 birds present. I started out trying to count them but soon gave up. Here's the list: Killdeer-- 200 at least Lesser Yellowlegs--100-150 Dowitcher (Long-billed, based on probability)--100-150 Black-bellied Plover--6 American Golden Plover--20+ Pectoral Sandpiper--saw about 10, think there were more STILT SANDPIPER--1 Semi-palmated Sandpipers--lots, couldn't sort out all the peeps WESTERN Sandpipers--there were definitely some identifiable amongst the semi-palms Semi-palmated Plover--3, there were probably more Horned Larks--3 AMERICAN PIPITS--2 Ruddy Duck--1 Mallards--20, including 6 still pretty small ducklings Great-crested Cormorant--1 Cedar Waxwing-1 Tree Swallows--10 Haven't been well-enough to walk the mudflats at Berlin. This more than made up for it and it couldn't be any easier. I urge you all to get out there before the pond dries up. Laura Dornan Stark County **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]