At LaDue Reservoir, late this afternoon, although ducks were scare, I did see two long tailed ducks. One, a pale splotchy bird disappeared while I was poking through my books, trying to figure out which plumage on which bird I was seeing, but a dark female remained visible near the edge of the mud flats most of the time I was there. Also 5 dunlin and 2 pectoral sandpipers among the many killdeer. Two sand hill cranes on my side of the lake, joined by a bald eagle that set most everything into motion. Inga Schmidt ______________________________________________________________________ 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]