The water level in Lake Erie was very low this morning so took a walk at the Scheeff East Point Nature Preserve on South Bass Island. Lots of ring- billed gulls, double-crested cormorants, and mallards in the nearshore area. Found three shorebirds there with at least two of them sporting the black "armpits" underwing of black-bellied plovers. Yellow-rumped warblers were everywhere. Saw a lone Eastern Phoebe. Last Friday I got a chance to visit the Middle Bass Island East Point Preserve which was also crowded with yellow-rumped warblers. Saw a Phoebe that day also as well as three wren species-house, Carolina, and winter. Highlight though was a Wilson's Snipe on the trail there near the Lake. Got good looks at the bird three times. Lisa Brohl ______________________________________________________________________ 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]