Greetings- I did a short lake watch from Edgewater State Park in Cleveland this evening. Around 6:45 pm a single American Avocet in basic plumage flew in off the lake and landed on the Edgewater beach. It was present for a mere few minutes before being flushed by beach walkers and dogs. JB Jen Brumfield Cleveland, OH Bird illustrator and birding tour guide [log in to unmask] www.jenbrumfield.com www.northnw.wordpress.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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]