Don't know how many people participated in Paul Hurtado's idea of a July birding competition, but I thought I would share my final totals, as July comes to a close. I ended July 2014 with a total of 150 species for Ohio. During July, I was able to add 11 birds to my year list, which were Summer Tanager, Kentucky Warbler, Northern Bobwhite, American Avocet, Short-billed Dowitcher, Dickcissel, Pectoral Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Piping Plover, Wilson's Snipe, and Black-bellied Whistling-Duck. The Kentucky Warbler I saw in Mohican State Forest was my best bird for July, being a lifer for me. Some other good birds for the month of July I had were both bitterns, 17 species of shorebirds, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and 17 species of warblers. Did anybody else participate in this competition? Good Birding -- Cole DiFabio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]