Good morning, Everyone. BSBO received a message this morning from East Harbor State Park. Our friend Chris wrote: I would like to let my friends at BSBO know that the lake level is low and that at East Harbor State Park there are many sand bars exposed. These sand bars are covered with gulls, terns, and shorebirds (mostly "peeps"). Try the swiming beach to the north first. Since I hadn't heard a "peep" from anyone on the listserv about shorebirds at East Harbor State Park, I thought I'd pass this along! (Kenn will be proud of my bird pun!). Visit the link for an ODNR map of East Harbor. http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Portals/2/parkmaps/eastharborparkmap.pdf I'm very happy about the cooperative spirit that BSBO has built with our wildlife agency and state park partners. Sometimes state politics can be difficult to slog through, but at times like this (and many others!) we're reminded that there are really great people working for our public agencies! We can do more good things for birds when we work together. I hope some of you can check it out as soon as the weather clears! Thanks, Kim Kimberly Kaufman Executive Director Black Swamp Bird Observatory 13551 West State Route 2 Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 419-898-4070 www.bsbobird.org www.ohioyoungbirders.org www.biggestweekinamericanbirding.com Become a fan of BSBO and the Ohio Young Birders Club on facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/bsbobird http://www.facebook.com/ohioyoungbirders Follow BSBO on Twitter: www.twitter.com/bsbobird BSBO is proud to sponsor BIRDING OHIO on Facebook ______________________________________________________________________ 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]