I stopped by at Ottawa NWR this afternoon. The water in the pond to the East is drawn down and there were several shorebirds--a willet, a silent yellowlegs and two dowitchers, working the mud. Not many but interesting. Also geese, kelldeer and redwings. Jonathan Dean Akron OH 44313 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]