Today I birded what is considered the Middle Wetland of Deer Creek Wildlife Area off of Egypt Pike in Pickaway County. After a walk down a road to a dike, there are two ponds, one on either side of the dike. The north pond has extensive mudflats with some open water. Seen today were 100 + Killdeer, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpipers, Least Sandpipers (there were probably some Semipalmated Sandpipers, too), Great Blue and Green Herons, one Great Egret, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 3 Dowitchers (Short-billed I think), and one Semipalmated Plover. There were also Canada Geese, Mallards, and 2 Blue-winged Teal. The south pond is all open water surrounded by cattails and willows. There I saw one adult Common Gallinule with two young, one Mallard female with 8 small youngsters, 2 Green Herons which I was scoping when a Least Bittern popped out and flew over open water into some cattails. This area should be good as shorebird migration revs up. Melanie Shuter Circleville, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]