. I came up to Big Island today to see what was here, amongst the other shore birds, are the three American Avocets that have been here all month it looks like some other things have blown in , so I guess I'm gonna have to trod around the pond. :-D More later. Steve J. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]