John Szanto, Mike Bolton, and I had a Piping Plover in a shallow area at the mouth of Crane Creek in the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge during a shorebird survey today. Unfortunately, this area is closed to the public and accessed by permit only but nonetheless, a good bird to report indeed. The bird was not banded. Most likely the bird was gone within a few hours due to the water rising. We also had at least two Nelson’s Sharp-Tailed Sparrows and two LeConte’s Sparrows not far from the ONWR platform off Stange Road near Krause. The grassy area along the ditch was filled with sparrows. It was a good day to be out birding! I posted photos on Toledo's Rarebird forum. (www.rarebird.org) Good Birding! Sherrie Duris aka Bird Girl www.myspace.com/sherrieduris (mailto:[log in to unmask]) **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]