Dan Hall and I checked activity at Big Island andKilldeer Plains Wildlife Areas today. Conditions were warm and sunny but windy.The highlight of the day was a flock of over 500 American Golden Plovers atKilldeer Plains. Highlightsat Big Island: Great Egret Trumpeter Swan Gadwall American Wigeon Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Northern Harrier American Coot Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Eastern Meadowlark Highlightsat Killdeer Plains: Great Egret Trumpeter Swan Gadwall American Wigeon Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk American Golden Plover Flockof 500+ Eastern Meadowlark Charlie Bombaci, for Dan Hall and myself ______________________________________________________________________ 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]