First of all, I personally saw a single red phalarope at the north shore boat ramp site at Buckeye Lake (Licking County) this morning, between 10:20 and 10:40. At 10:35 the bird flew right in front of our location (I was with four other interested birders, and a local Pleasantville photographer who wondered what all the fuss was about as she visited the park with her two young children.) The bird was working energetically around the boat ramp, adjacent docks and shore. My advice is that if it isn't there immediately upon your arrival, hang around for 20 minutes or so. The bird was chirping as it flew from spot to spot - very distinctive. The closest approach was within 10 feet allowing me to note that there was a vestige of rufous breeding plumage along the sides of the belly, suggesting (to my mind anyway) that this is an adult bird and not a first-year individual. This was one of those 10/10 rated sightings, and I note that it is my first Ohio red phalarope. Great bird! If two more showed up after that I have no personal knowledge of it. Thanks to John Herman and Bob Foppe, each of whom wrote to tell me about Licking County records more recent than Milt Trautman's in 1929 and 1930. Both of Trautman's specimens are at OSU. Bob Foppe notes a record from 10/30/1948, a female that was collected by Ron Austing from "Buckeye Lake, Licking County." This specimen is in the Cincinnati Museum Center collections. John Herman wrote to me as well, informing that: "In Tom Thomson's "Birding in Ohio" (1983) is stated that three red phalaropes were seen at Buckeye Lake on September 27, 1968. The exact location is not mentioned. Thomson also states that all three species of phalaropes have been recorded at the Hebron fish hatchery (Licking Co.). The ODNR's official checklist of the birds at Hebron fish hatchery lists red phalarope as a rare migrant. George "Fritz" Griffith managed the Hebron fish hatchery during the 1960s and 1970s. He would raise and lower the water levels in the hatchery ponds to attract shorebirds. He reported his shorebird and other bird sightings to Dr. Edward Thomas who used them in his weekly nature column of the Columbus Dispatch. Possibly there is mention of a red phalarope sighting at the Hebron fish hatchery in one or more of these nature columns." Thanks to these fellow Ohio birders, and to everyone else who have brought attention to the current occurrence and historical records of this outstanding bird. Bob Evans Geologist Hopewell Township, Muskingum County ______________________________________________________________________ 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]