Hi all, Should you be interested, I was able to obtain some rather intimate shots of the gorgeous Purple Sandpiper that entertained a small crowd at Conneaut yesterday. At times, the animal wandered to within 10-15 feet of the fawning throng. The pics and story are at my blog: http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/ Jim Jim McCormac Columbus, Ohio Like Nature? http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/ Like Birds? http://www.ohiobirds.org/ __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4415 (20090910) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.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]