As of 5 pm this evening,all 8 Avocets are still present at the beach at Buck Creek State Park!!! These are stunning birds,in what looks like complete breeding plumage!! At 6 pm they started moving southward on the beach,and were being mobbed by a few Ring Billed Gulls. Also seen: 1 Sanderling 4 Caspian Terns 5 Foresters Terns Thanks to Bill and Doreen for posting these beautiful birds!!! Good luck birding!! Mike and Queen ______________________________________________________________________ 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]