Larry Gara and I found the Franklin's Gull still hiding out in the flock of ring-bills on the beach at Caesar Creek State Park. There were also two Herring Gulls among the 375 ring-bills. A nice smattering of shorebirds were present at Mound Road, where the expanse of mud continues to increase. We had four Solitary Sandpipers, one Pectoral Sandpipers, two Semipalmated Sandpipers, two Least Sandpipers, and nine Killdeer. This is an extraordinarily small number of Killdeer. There were also two Great Blue Herons, two Great Egrets, a Pileated Woodpecker, and a flock of Tree Swallows. Cheers, Bob -- 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]