Brad Sparks and I did some surveying at the new wetlands along Darby
Creek Dr., finding that migration is far from over. Our finds there:
        99 semipalmated sandpipers
        1 least sandpiper only
        2 white-rumped sandpipers
        1 ruddy turnstone
        6 spotted sandpipers
        30+ killdeers
        4 semipalmated plovers
        1 lesser yellowlegs
        *2 black-necked stilts, M&F

Later, nearby at Bolton Field Brad spotted one of the upland sandpipers.

* these were in the southmost roadside pond in the wetlands, within
fifty yards of the road, but left before we moved on, and flew deeper
into the wetlands, I feel pretty sure.
        There is no safe legal pulloff along this busy highway, either. A
decent view of this part of the wetlands can be had by taking the trail
from the park HQ just a bit farther south that goes north to the bison
herd; it parallels the road a bit farther west; there are no trees, etc.
in the way, and is quite safe, even from the bisons.
Bill Whan
Columbus

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