Following the report of a Hudsonian godwit at Wright Marsh by John Seiler at 9:20 this morning, I headed out there about 11:30am. As I walked down the long path from the parking lot and curved to the left on the dike of the far large pond, I passed several others coming out who had seen the bird. Out on the dike, I met Su Snyder and Sue Evanoff. We looked for the godwit for 30 minutes or so but did not find it. An Amish teen came along with his scope and we all looked further. Finally, the young man spotted bird just in the stand of lily pads trying to get some sleep. We all got on it and eventually the bird decided to come out in the open and we got good views about 12:30pm. The water in the big pond is nearly gone and it is all quite good shorebird habitat. To see the bird, walk quite a ways out the dike to where there are stands of lily pads closer to the dike. We left two large weed stems in the shape of an X right on the dike trail to mark the spot. It is likely that the bird will stay around that area for awhile. Good luck! Randy Rowe, Wooster ______________________________________________________________________ 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]