John Watts found several upland sandpipers calling and perched at Bolton Field airport in Columbus this morning. As far as I know this is the first report of them this spring, and a bit later than usual. They were, as customary, way off in the grassy areas on the far sides of the runways, visible from the parking lot. This is a pretty quiet spot, and if you stay out of the way and outside the fences no one cares much, as far as I know--unlike at certain other airports--but the views are distant and sporadic. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]