I stopped by Lorain Harbor briefly this afternoon around 4:00. The mudflats had a nice variety of shorebirds. There were also a number of waterfowl including mallard, blue-winged teal, green-winged teal, northern shoveler, and ruddy duck. There was also a very early HORNED GREBE. There was a nice variety of shorebirds considering low numbers..The following shorebirds were present: Black-bellied plover 2 American golden plover 2 Semipalmated plover 2 Killdeer 4 Lesser yellowlegs 1 Sanderling 1 Semipalmated sandpiper 11 WESTERN SANDPIPER 1 Least sandpiper 9 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER 2 Pectoral sandpiper 1 John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]