Just a message to confirm the presence of some of the shorebirds present at two locations previously reported.

I visited Berlin Lake (Stark County) (German Church Road access) on September 3, and with help from Bob Lane (great to meet you!) had the following:

Stilt Sandpiper - at least 3
Baird's Sandpiper - several
White-rumped Sandpiper - at least a dozen
Western Sandpiper - several
Semipalmated Sandpiper - several
Greater Yellowlegs - quite a few
Lesser Yellowlegs - lots

I visited the shorebird location reported on Cedar Point Rd, Sandusky (Erie County) on September 4 and had the following:

Marbled Godwit - 2
Hudsonian Godwit - 1
Red Knot - 1
Pectoral Sandpiper - a couple
Stilt Sandpiper - a couple
Short-billed Dowitcher - a couple
both yellowlegs species
Snowy Egret
Green-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Wood Duck, Pied-billed Grebe, lots of Caspian Terns, Great Egrets

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