Hiya, Yes, Big Island Wildlife Area is hot, as Will Condit and I found out. All shorebirds were found in the impoundments/mudflats on the north side of 95 (pulloffs were all along 95). They were 3 main areas- one west of Herr Rd., one west of Hoch Rd., and one east of New Bloomington. The last spot is a fair bit (approx. 1 mile?) east of New Bloomington, but there is no good landmark. There is a dike similar to that near the Hoch Rd. spot. Just BE CAUTIOUS of walking up on the dike because the shorebirds are directly below, and WILL flush. Just barely stick your head over to see the birds. List below: Killdeer 60 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 4 Greater Yellowlegs 30 Lesser Yellowlegs SANDERLING 1* Rather black-and-white juvenile. Very pale face, spotted black back, and white below. Possibly a bit smaller than a Pectoral, but much larger than a Semipalm/Least Sandpiper. Semipalmated Sandpiper 28 Least Sandpiper 13 Pectoral Sandpiper 25 Stilt Sandpiper 2 Short-billed Dowitcher 4 Wilson's Snipe 7 Two Sedge Wrens were singing at the Hoch Rd. spot. 23 Common Moorhens were counted throughout the area. Good birding, Sean --- Sean Williams, '11 Undergraduate of Ornithology of Dr. Jed Burtt Ohio Wesleyan University HWCC 724 Delaware, OH 43015 617-470-4094 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]