This is not working out like I thought. I'll try it again by brute force. Larry Gara and I explored the wetland on Dick Road in the Deer Creek Wildlife Area using the directions Rick Asamoto published a couple of days ago. We had pretty much the same results birding only from the road. (I am recuperating from knee surgery and uneven ground is still uncomfortable.) The water level is very low, exposing a vast amount of mud. Most of the birds were fairly far out and this situation is likely to get worse if we don't get some rain soon. Another checklist follows for species seen from the beach overlook. Cheers, Bob ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 5:03 PM Subject: eBird Report - Deer Creek WA- Dick Rd wetland , 9/13/10 To: [log in to unmask] Location: Deer Creek WA- Dick Rd wetland Observation date: 9/13/10 Notes: Water very low. Number of species: 10 Turkey Vulture 60 Osprey 1 Killdeer 50 Greater Yellowlegs 7 Lesser Yellowlegs 10 Western Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 5 White-rumped Sandpiper 2 Wing extension; patterned above, but not spangly. Baird's Sandpiper 2 Wing extension; spangly back and scapulars. Pectoral Sandpiper 4 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- Robert D Powell Congress Farm Research Institute Wilmington, OH, USA [log in to unmask] http://rdp1710.wordpress.com Nulla dies sine aves ______________________________________________________________________ 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]