Arrived between 7:00 & 7:30 pm. The four Avocets were visible with a telescope from the pull off on the north side of SR95 just before the wet area on the north side of 95 and also from the observation platform. One can find the Avocets with binoculars but best views require a telescope. From the pull off on the north side of 95, the Avocets were towards the white barn (look south and west) and were out in the water, sometimes feeding by walking and swishing their bills in unison from side to side. Also present were at least seven Short-billed Dowitchers, possibly more, four Bonaparte's Gulls and at least five Sandhill Cranes. Lots of mudflats south of 95 with 100s of Killdeer and perhaps 30 to 40 Yellowlegs, only Lessers by call. The shorebirds were skittish. Soon after my arrival an adult Bald Eagle was the cause but later there was no apparent cause. When all the shorebirds were flushed into the air, I heard one maybe two Upland Sandpipers giving flight calls. However, never found the "uppies." Also present were two birders from Newark, husband (David?) and wife who got their lifer Am. Avocets! Congrats! Good job! David took the best photos of the Arctic Loon that I missed earlier this year. Avocets were still present when I left at about 8:15 pm. Jay Jay G Lehman Cincinnati, OH Sent from DROID RAZR HD ______________________________________________________________________ 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]