Spent a couple of hours at Englewood Main Metropark today. Saw a lot of old friends including the 2 immature bald eagles that put on a very nice aerial display for a number of us old-timers and some new-timers. The mudflats are starting to appear across the pond (scope necessary). A lot of killdeer appeared overnight--100+ or more. Had one spotted sandpiper--likely a local nester, and one peep--probably a semi-palmated sandpiper. It was very small next to a killdeer, relatively larger bill, dark legs, and stayed in the water. Cape May Bird Observatory (CMBO) people consider this a very positive sign that it was not a least sandpiper. Least sandpipers don't like to get their feet wet as a rule. Maybe these sandpipers were a sign of good things coming. Also had three calling belted kingfishers fly by. And most of the "regular stuff" Ed and Bev Neubauer Englewood, Ohio **************It's raining cats and dogs -- Come to PawNation, a place where pets rule! (http://www.pawnation.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000008) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]