This AM I was surprised to find 2 Least Sandpipers and 3 Pectoral Sandpipers at Cowan Lake. They were at the very end of the swimming beach just beyond the small group of Ring-billed Gulls on a very small mudflat. Their presence proves that this year shorebirds are desperate for any habitat where they can feed and rest. Good Birding 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]