Greetings... There was a Least Sandpiper on a gravel bar in the middle of the Great Miami River at Hamilton Riverside Natural Area in Butler County, Sunday morning. Charlie Saunders and I have regularly seen between 1 to 3 Least Sandpipers on this particular gravel bar since November, depending on river levels. Since mid-December, the gravel bars in this area have been submerged three times or so, yet almost as soon as the river levels drop and the gravel bars return, so too does a Least Sandpiper, and sometimes two or three. There were ten or so American Pipits along this stretch of the river this morning, in addition to a Killdeer. Waterfowl numbers and variety were unremarkable, but have been roughly steady for over a month. Take care, ---Mike Busam Butler County, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]