With a little stealth and a long lens, Kim got some great photos of the very cooperative Solitary Sandpipers in the catchment basin pond at Lowe's home center on Miles Road, just east of I-271 in Bedford, OH. Several Killdeers were there as well (they nest there) as were a dozen or so Red-winged Blackbirds, perhaps beginning to stage for migration? Bob Hinkle Solon, OH 44139 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]