Took a road trip yesterday with a friend to Conneaut and were rewarded with very little people activity and great looks at a small flock of Sanderlings (9) and Dunlin (8) that came in while we were there. A few pics here https:[log in to unmask] In Geauga County at LaDue Reservoir the Sandhill Crane's have begun roosting on the gravel bar along Valley Road and one of them has a transmitter attached to its leg. If things follow the pattern of the last few years we should see numbers increase until mid-November when they all leave at once for their wintering grounds. Last year I think there were as many as 22 by November. Matt Valencic Geauga 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]