Some absolutely atrocious conditions resulted in a small flurry of activity in Conneaut on Saturday. Final tally was 12 species of shorebirds for the day. Highlights from the sandbar include: Black Bellied Plover - 6 Semipalmated Plover - 1 Killdeer - 7 Spotted Sandpiper - 6 Solitary Sandpiper - 2 Sanderling - 5 Ruddy Turnstone - 1 Dunlin - 1 Greater Yellowlegs - 1 Caspian Tern - 40+ Forster's/Common Tern - 20+ Am. Pipit - 5 Nearby Malek Park was also fairly productive, with 4 Snipe, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Sandpiper and several Killdeer. Also seen here were Eastern Bluebird, Eastern Kingbird, House Wren, Brown Thrasher, and a flock of 27 White Crowned Sparrows. Closer to home,the first RT Hummingbird showed up at the feeder on May 4. Other new arrivals during the past week include Indigo Bunting & RB Grosbeak, but no Orioles as of yet. Bob Krajeski North Kingsville, OH PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]