Sunday, August 16 - 9:30 - 11 a.m. The mudflats are getting very dry; and, except for killdeer, the counts on individual birds is somewhat down. Thanks to Rick Asamoto for doing the counts. Lost soul with cup of 'coffee'??, walking across mudflats while talking on cell phone causing the birds to flush. Green-winged teal - 3 Solitary sp - 21 Lesser yellowlegs - 2 Least sp - 8 Spotted sp - 5 Pectoral sp - 12 Semipalmated plover - 2 Killdeer - 501 Great egret - 3 Wood ducks - 15 Chimney swift - 10 Tree swallows - 3 Barn swallows - 5 Belted kingfisher - 4 Good day for raptors: Osprey - 1 Cooper's hawk - 2 Red-tailed hawk - 2 Sharp-shinned hawk - 1 Rick Asamoto, Leader Observers: John & Mary Carner, Ed & Bev, and Robin ______________________________________________________________________ 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]