Following is an e-bird report from Hueston Woods State Park today. There are extensive mudflats near the nature center, but few shorebirds. Bank swallows were swarming low over these mudflats. Most of the gulls were at the beach, and all of the vultures were on the roof of the lodge. David A. Brinkman Xavier University graduate student Middle childhood math & science Cincinnati, OH ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 3:01 PM Subject: eBird Report - Hueston Woods State Park, Jul 24, 2012 Hueston Woods State Park, Preble, US-OH Jul 24, 2012 11:45 AM - 1:37 PM Protocol: Traveling 8.7 mile(s) Comments: Mileage is by car to and from various stops. Periods of storms, light rain and mostly cloudy skies. Temps in mid 70's F. En route but not at Hueston Woods = red-tailed hawk, rock pigeon, mourning dove, chimney swift, barn swallow, starling. Mammals = white-tailed deer (1), gray squirrel (2), woodchuck (1). <br>Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.4.4 40 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 43 Wood Duck 5 Mallard 39 Great Blue Heron 9 Great Egret 1 Green Heron 1 Black Vulture 2 Turkey Vulture 27 Killdeer 16 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 2 Pectoral Sandpiper 10 peep sp. 1 Distant mudflats. Ring-billed Gull 57 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Belted Kingfisher 3 Downy Woodpecker 3 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Acadian Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 White-eyed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Tree Swallow 1 Bank Swallow 60 Cliff Swallow 1 Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 1 House Wren 1 Eastern Towhee 2 Chipping Sparrow 6 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 4 Northern Cardinal 7 Indigo Bunting 4 House Sparrow 10 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]