Went over to Big Island yesterday to get a stray Black Tern...found it eventually, along with 4 Sandhill Cranes...one with a ID tag that was too dirty to read :-( . Oh well. The middle containment pond on LaRue-Prospect has been drawn down exposing plenty of shallow water. Killdeer were everywhere, and expected Spotted Sandpipers were scattered throughout the middle pond. But what was not expected were two Dunlin and two Least Sandpipers. Other than that...pretty typical day. Happy birding and God bless! Steve J. Big Island Wildlife Area--North of Larue-Prospect Rd., Marion, Ohio, US Jun 13, 2016 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) 39 species Canada Goose 100 Wood Duck 24 Mallard 100 Pied-billed Grebe 12 Double-crested Cormorant 125 Great Blue Heron 50 Great Egret 4 Turkey Vulture 12 Bald Eagle 3 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Common Gallinule 8 American Coot 12 Sandhill Crane 4 Killdeer 50 Spotted Sandpiper 4 Dunlin 2 Least Sandpiper 2 Black Tern 1 Mourning Dove 2 Chimney Swift 5 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 2 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 4 Tree Swallow 30 Barn Swallow 12 Marsh Wren 4 Eastern Bluebird 2 Wood Thrush 1 Gray Catbird 2 European Starling 4 Cedar Waxwing 3 Song Sparrow 2 Eastern Towhee 1 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 30 Brown-headed Cowbird 8 Baltimore Oriole 2 American Goldfinch 4 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30218939 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]