Hello all, This morning along County Rd 65/County Home Rd, Jed Burtt spotted a shorebird flying in the cornfield on the north side of the road, just west of the large bend in the road. We almost assumed it was just a Killdeer since it was raining and we were driving at 50 mph. However, I was unsure because it had overall gray/white plumage. Then, it turned in flight and I saw a pair of black lines on the sides of its body, just at the base of the wings. Immediately I knew it was a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, and I pulled over so the class and Bill Heck could get a look. Sorry I did not assemble the Rare Bird Alert for this week. I am currently in the last week of class with final exams around the corner. Furthermore, I'll be in South and Central America for part of the summer, and I will not be able to continue as the editor for the Rare Bird Alert. We'll need to find a new editor. Good birding, Sean --- Sean Williams, '11 Undergraduate of Ornithology of Dr. Jed Burtt Ohio Wesleyan University HWCC 724 Delaware, OH 43015 617-470-4094 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]