A late day circuit, 3:30 to 5:30 pm, of the auto tour yielded the following shorebirds: Greater Yellolegs 1, Lesser Yellowlegs 3, Short-billed Dowitcher 12, Long-billed Dowitcher at least 1 by call, Pectoral Sandpiper 1, Semipalmated Sandpiper 6, Least Sandpiper 10, Golden Plover 2, Semipalmated Plover 6, many Killdeer and Wilson's Snipe, 5. The Golden Plover came in to the northwest corner of the banding area at about 4:45 and flew off shortly after 5:00. The snipe started showing up after 5:00. At Metzger Marsh, one Black Tern from the levee and four Bald Eagles soaring (late). At Crane Creek on the lake, one Bonaparte s Gull with almost intact black hood with only a little white behind bill. Jay Lehman, Cincinnati, sent from DROID ______________________________________________________________________ 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]