Three of us checked out Unit B of Pipe Creek and the Pearson Rd pond of Pickerel Creek (across from the orchid field). Both had ample mudflats and a good selection of shorebirds, to wit: Semipalmated plovers and killdeer (some young killdeer at Pickerel) Least, semipalmated, solitary (Pipe only), and pectoral (more at Pickerel) sandpipers Lesser yellowlegs Short-billed dowitchers Also at Pipe, quite a few snowy and great egrets and a few great blue herons plus Caspian, common, and Forster's terns. Many swallows massing at both, including purple martins at Pickerel. Craig Caldwell Westlake ______________________________________________________________________ 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]