Steve Landes called and asked me to report that in a cornfield immediately south of the Pickerel Creek WA impoundment with a pumphouse along the road are ~400 dunlins, several hundred terns (Caspian, Forster's, common), dozens of yellowlegs, and a number of Bonaparte's gulls; they are evidently sheltering in this partly-flooded field from the winds. Not much in the pumphouse impoundment itself; he promised to check north of the impoundment and the woodlot in last year's shorebird habitat before he left before he left, and to report to us. That spot may well be unsheltered from the wind, but may have mudflats to look into later. These kinds of any-port-in-a-storm spots are very good for rarities, so have a look if you're in the neighborhood. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]