Stilt still present as of 4:30 in west end pond John Habig Carlisle, OH [log in to unmask] On Apr 17, 2012, at 12:14 PM, Mike Busam <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Greetings... A Black-necked Stilt was a nice surprise this morning at > the Ellis Lake Wetlands in West Chester, Butler County. There are some > skypools in the farm fields near the bike trail parking lot off of > Firebird Lane along Union Center Blvd. 'Round about noon the pools > held 1 male Black-necked Stilt, 5+ Killdeer, 2 Semipalmated Plovers, > ~30 Lesser Yellowlegs, 3 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, 2 > Dunlin, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, and other birds I no doubt missed. > > The stilt flew from pool to pool before ending up among the dead > cattail stalks on the edge of the dike that heads out roughly north > from the parking area. > > The skypools probably won't last more than a couple more days without some rain. > > Take care, > ---Mike Busam > Butler County, OH > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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]