After hearing that the water levels had dropped enough for some shorebird habitat to form, I went out to the new Darby wetlands at Batelle-Darby Metropark in SW Franklin county today. I was very limited on time, but was able to find some of the things that Bill and Brad found yesterday, and some different birds as well. Highlights included- Greater Yellowlegs- 3 Lesser Yellowlegs- ~20 Spotted Sandpiper- 2 Pectoral Sandpiper- 2 Wilson's Phalarope- 1 Red-necked Phalarope- 2 Least Sandpiper- 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper- 8 White-rumped Sandpiper- 1 Short-billed Dowitcher- 1 Stilt Sandpiper- 2 I also checked out the southern ends of both Hoover and Alum creek reservoirs hoping for "hurricane birds", but only located a few Caspian terns among the Ring-bills. Hoover is still too high for any shorebird habitat at the north end. Good Birding, Steve Landes ______________________________________________________________________ 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]