Correction--They were not Dowichers--I was mislead by the sewing machine motion but the bills were not long enough. I don't know shorebirds well enough to call them. Very dark, scaly backs. Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:53:49 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 19 Jul 2010 to 20 Jul 2010 (#2010-202) 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ End of OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 20 Jul 2010 to 21 Jul 2010 (#2010-203) ***************************************************************** ______________________________________________________________________ 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]