Larry Gara and I went up to Big Island this morning in pursuit of the Hudsonian Godwit. We didn't find it but we did luck into a small but rewarding pocket of shorebird migrants in the pools west of the observation deck on Rte 95. Here's the rundown: Black-bellied Plover 1 Semipalmated Plover 2 Killdeer 10 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 Least Sandpiper 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 6 Dunlin 4 The highlight of this stop was undoubtedly the sight of two female Northern Harriers quarterly the marsh in search of lunch. We continued up to Killdeer Plains where things were very quiet except for the eastern (shallow) half of the large pond on TH 68 where we found a goodly concentration of waterfowl. Trumpeter Swan 1 Canada Goose ~200 Wood Duck 8 Green-winged Teal 4 Mallard ~100 Northern Pintail 20 Blue-winged Teal 2 A lot of driving, but it was a beautiful day with some interesting birds. Cheers, Bob -- Robert D Powell Wilmington, OH, USA [log in to unmask] http://rdp1710.wordpress.com Nulla dies sine linea ______________________________________________________________________ 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]