What time of day was this? I went Monday and the construction was rolling back and forth. I didn't see a single thing. Also, the private property sign on the opposite side kind of warned me off. -DB Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 24, 2015, at 11:08 AM, Jay Lehman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Laura Keene and I stopped at Wilderness Road on the way home from Jen > Brumfield's last lake pelagic trip which was from Vermilion. We checked > the Wilderness Road area from the west side first and it appeared to be > very dry with only Killdeer present. But as we watched small flocks of > shorebirds appeared and I counted 24 Pectoral Sandpipers, 31 Lesser > Yellowlegs, 4 Least Sandpipers and 1 Semipalmated Plover. Then we noticed > that Jamie Dominguez and Sarah and others arrived on the east side, so we > joined them, including Leslie Sours and at least one more birder and a > photogragher. There was more water and wetlands available and visible from > the east side even though the light was very poor and there was a large > number of shorebirds present with very good diversity. Totals east and > west sides: At least 75 Lesser Yellowlegs (count), 2 Greater Yellowlegs, > 13 Stilt Sandpipers- imm. at close range, about 50 (count plus est.) > Pectoral Sandpipers, 4 Least Sandpipers, 1 Black-bellied Plover (imm.), 3 > Semipalmated Plovers, at least 100 Killdeer. It was difficult to get an > actual count, because the birds were being flushed frequently by either a > Peregrine Falcon or Bald Eagle (I did not see the source.). We looked > carefully for other shorebirds but did not find/confirm any. No > White-rumped. Jamie thought he may have had a Buff-breasted but all the > birds flushed shortly thereafter, and some of the Pectoral Sandpipers were > rather buffy looking or may have been the late day light. We rapidly ran > out of light. Also present: 3 Bald Eagles ( 2 ad. + I imm., couldn't tell > for sure what year, maybe first year), about 10 Sandhill Cranes and several > Great Blue Herons. Quite a late evening show. The shorebirds could have > been late day migration arrivals. > 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]