Hans Clebsch and I visited Conneaut for two hours yesterday, at mid-day. We managed ten species of shorebirds, including a Sanderling, four Short-billed Dowitchers, the Stilt Sandpiper that others have been reporting (spectacular breeding-plumaged adult), and a Greater Yellowlegs. The real highlight was spotting two Whimbrel flying into the harbor. They landed for about twenty seconds, sized up the place, then took off to the east and disappeared. The Conneaut drop-in-and-leave phenomenon is pretty interesting, and it really makes it hard to leave the place when shorebirds keep appearing out of mid-air. Andy Jones Cleveland Heights, OH -- Andy Jones, Ph.D. William A. and Nancy R. Klamm Endowed Chair of Ornithology and Head of Department of Ornithology Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Drive, University Circle Cleveland, OH 44106 http://www.cmnh.org/site/researchandcollections_Ornithology.aspx Photography: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ornitholoco ______________________________________________________________________ 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]