Sunday, August 9 - 9:15 - 11 a.m. Our list was compiled from four viewing spots at the Main Metropark. The first is the "disc golf overlook" on the south end of the lake. The habitat there is now good for shorebirds. As we walked to the disc golf overlook, we were serenaded by the sweet calls of indigo buntings, scarlet tanagers, and pileated woodpeckers. The second area is the first parking lot that looks out over the lake. This is where the majority of the great blue herons are seen. The third area is located down the main road at the parking area with the blue handicapped parking signs. You walk west and will see a path that goes down to the water. This is the best viewing area because the morning sun is at your back. Wear your mud boots ! The last area is the former duck feeding area at the north end of the lake. The position of the sun makes it more challenging to ID here in the morning. Good numbers of shorebirds are still visiting the lake. The only thing missing were other birders. Where were you guys?!?! Solitary sp - 46 Spotted sp - 8 Pectoral sp - 51 Greater yellowlegs - 2 Lesser yellowlegs - 6 Stilt sp - 3 Semipalmated sp - 4 Least sp - 6 Killdeer - 300+ Herring gull - 1 Great blue herons - 75 Great egret - 1 Wood ducks - 15+ Belted kingfishers - 2 Pileated woodpecker - 2 Barn swallows Chimney swifts And a lot of the "usual stuff" Ed and Bev Neubauer Englewood, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]