Today I joined Bob Powell and three members of his ornithology class for a field trip.Our first stop, the Cowan Lake Spillway, had two Spotted Sandpipers, two Killdeer, several Mallards and a number of Rough-winged Swallows. The birds were feeding on the very small part of the spillway still moist. In addition to the usual Ring-billed Gulls and Canadas the Caesar Creek beach had one Short-billed Dowitcher feeding rather furiously. Barn Swallows and a few Bank Swallows were also present. Bob and I checked out the Mound Road area and found very limited mudflat with a sole Spotted Sandpiper. There was also a Green Heron and a Kingfisher. Cloudy Day Cheers, Larry Gara ______________________________________________________________________ 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]