Tim & I spent yesterday & today looking for Smith's Longspurs in the area just west of Rockford. Yesterday we saw thousands of Laplands, today just a couple hundred. But no Smith's. Other exciting birds included several Vesper Sparrows, tons of Horned Larks, some American Pipets, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and the big surprise of the day: 42 American Golden Plovers (1 flock of ~25 on Now Rd and another of flock of 17 on Manly Rd.) We also went to Grand Lake St Marys to look for the Long-tailed Duck (didn't find) and the Ross' Goose (did). Along with at least 20 Common Loons, maybe a thousand American Coots, several Blue-winged Teal, & 2 Common Mergaqnsers. A total of 13 species of waterfowl. It was a good trip...just seeing thousands of Lapland Longspurs, most in breeding plumage, was absolutely worth it. Laura Dornan Louisville ______________________________________________________________________ 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]