Thanks to Ben and Steve Landes for help on the ID of 2 Caspians. I wanted to make sure before I id the one as a Caspian, and it turned out to be something else. ;-D Steve J. On 9/3/2011 12:50 AM, Steve wrote: > Well after a loooong day of going from Bressler Reservoir over in Lima > and then to Grand Lake St. Marys. (I purposefully went the long way to > everywhere just so I could see new stuff. :-D) > > At three o'clock, I finally got some shorebirds over at Indian Lake's > Old Field beach....and of course I can't give positives on some of > them...but that is why I brought my camera. ;-D > > I did have two Lesser Yellow-legs fly in and out and there were a > bazillion ring billed gulls. > Within that mess of gulls were two Terns (Unknown...but I have an idea > as to what they are, but would like a learned birder to give me a ID.)On > my smugmug page I have pictures of both Terns on ground and in flight > notice head markings and under-wing characteristics. > The other birds I got to photograph were a couple of Sanderlings. I was > able to get some flight pics and some closeups, that and where they were > make me fairly certain that they are Sanderlings. > > Pics including an awesome silhouette of an osprey are here: > > http://sjlarue.smugmug.com/Unsorted/OhioBirds > > > Plus If you are one of my Facebook friends, they are there as well. > > > Thanks for helping me with the ID's. > > Have a great Labor Day Weekend, I know I will. :-D > > Steve J > (aka sjlarue) > sjlarue.smugmug.com > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > ______________________________________________________________________ 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]