Good day on the sand today...struck out on pics of everything I was looking for, but I had a good day nonetheless. Got a lifer Black Back Gull(non-breading) at Alum creek, heard 2 Sedge Wrens at Battelle-Darby, and a Least Sandpiper at Indian Lake...I just wish the Sedge Wrens had come out to play. :-) Lists of birds at each place are below, and have been submitted to eBird. Have a great day. Steve J. Observer: Steven Jones 2013-08-22 08:00 Alum Creek SP--Alum Reservoir south Protocol: Stationary 30 Minutes Observers: 1 All birds reported? Yes 20 Canada Goose 1 Double-crested Cormorant 10 Turkey Vulture 10 Killdeer 50 Ring-billed Gull 10 Herring Gull 1 Great Black-backed Gull 5 Caspian Tern 10 Mourning Dove 10 American Crow 10 Tree Swallow 25 European Starling 2 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Indigo Bunting 10 Red-winged Blackbird 10 American Goldfinch 5 House Sparrow 2013-08-22 10:00 Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park--Darby Creek Greenway Trail Protocol: Traveling 3 Miles 180 Minutes Observers: 1 All birds reported? Yes 10 Canada Goose 2 Mallard 2 Great Blue Heron 10 Turkey Vulture 8 Killdeer 50 Mourning Dove 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 Willow Flycatcher 100 American Crow 10 Tree Swallow 2 Sedge Wren 1 Gray Catbird 25 European Starling 2 Eastern Towhee 10 Field Sparrow 10 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 10 Indigo Bunting 40 American Goldfinch 15 House Sparrow 2013-08-22 14:07 Indian Lake SP--Old Field Protocol: Stationary 60 Minutes Observers: 1 All birds reported? Yes 20 Canada Goose 50 Double-crested Cormorant 5 Great Blue Heron 10 Turkey Vulture 50 Ring-billed Gull 10 Herring Gull 3 Forster's Tern 1 Least Sandpiper 1 Willow Flycatcher 10 American Crow 10 Tree Swallow 1 Gray Catbird 50 European Starling 2 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 10 Red-winged Blackbird 10 American Goldfinch 8 House Sparrow ______________________________________________________________________ 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]