The previously reported Hudsonian Godwits were seen by multiple observers today, Sunday, at Big Island and remained as of 4:35 pm. To find the best vantage point day, we walked out the dike that runs to the north and starts just East of the parking lot along LaRue-Prospect Road. (A helpful person has placed a large soda cup on a post at this parking lot; the cup survived today's rainstorm and was in place when we left.) Continue north on the dike until you reach a point at which it curves sharply to the right. See this Google map: https:[log in to unmask],-83.265482,3451m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 This corner is about as close as you can get to where the godwits were today. A couple of us walked all the way around the impoundment without finding a better view. What has been less reported is that this impoundment hosts many shorebirds of various species. Among them were Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpipers, a few Dunlin, Short-billed Dowitchers, a single Semipalmated Plover (found near the northwest corner of the impoundment), and large numbers of Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers. Truly stunning views of the latter (well, stunning if you really like shorebirds) were had along the dike parallel and closest to the road. Great Blue Herons were very numerous, along with a single Green Heron and many Great Egrets. Juvenile Pied-billed Grebes were in the impoundment just to the west. As a bonus, at least five Black Terns were feeding over the water for most of the time we were there. We did not locate any rarities other than the godwits The tops of the dikes have been mowed recently, which made for easy walking. We checked the beach at Delaware SP late in the afternoon, but did not spot the Little Gull. -- Bill Heck ______________________________________________________________________ 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]