Great mudflats have finally emerged with the draining of Lorain Impoundment, and they were teeming with sandpipers late this afternnon: Black-bellied Plover 1 Semipalmated Plover 61 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper 60 Least Sandpiper 40 Dunlin 25 There is a orange "snow" fence being erected along the western edge, but no signage of any sort yet. A Common Loon passed over Valley City (Medina Co) mid-day, today...seems like quite a few are lingering this year. Good birding - Gabe Leidy Sheffield Lake ______________________________________________________________________ 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]