I spent about 40 minutes this morning birding from my car. Even without a scope, I was treated to great views of Bonapartes Gulls, American Golden Plovers, and Pectoral Sandpipers. The Plovers especially were fun, since I'm used to seeing them from far away through a scope. No Ruff yet, but anything's possible... James Muller On Thu, Apr 6, 2017, 9:55 AM jeremy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > There's a flooded field on Solon Rd that is housing a good amount of > shorebirds (mostly Pectoral Sandpiper and American Golden Plovers) and > hundreds of Bonaparte's Gulls. This would be a good place to keep on > checking. According to Ebird over a dozen people have been checking this > field since 3/25/17 all the way up to today. Over 40 species have been > observed from this spot. Of note 5 species of shorebird, handful of > dabbling ducks, Vesper Sparrow and American Pipit. The field is located on > Solon Rd. Between Gordon Rd and S. Charleston Rd. Between the cities of > Jamestown and South Charleston. Please use caution if you plan to visit the > pond, parking is on the road itself although not heavily travelled and I > have only had a couple cars pass me while there the speed limit is 55 on > the road. Use your hazard signals and don't plan on spending hours there. > Scope is helpful but not necessary. > > V/r > > Jeremy Dominguez > Greene Co. Ohio > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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]