Hey all - Began the morning at Crane Creek, where I spent the first hour or so poking around the western end of the parking lot. This was perhaps the most productive part of the day, with many birds in full song. The boardwalk's western end was also quite productive. I had 17 species of warbler total, but there were quite a few birds around, including a ridiculous number of redstarts (100+). Only two of them were brightly-colored adult males - the rest made up of first-years and females. Blackpolls and Swainson's Thrushes were also quite plentiful. Other highlights included an abundance of both cuckoos, with extremely satisfying looks at each, a late Hermit Thush, 5 Canada Warblers, N Parula, and 3 Hooded Mergansers. From here I ventured to Metzger, and within three minutes picked up both of the warblers that I knew I had missed at Magee - a skulking male Mourning and a s.m. Prothonotary. The mudflats are drying up quickly, but still held 60 Black-bellied Plovers and 34 turnstones - pretty crazy numbers for Ohio. The last stop was Pipe Creek WA in Sandusky. While I did not relocate the ibises, I did encounter an adult TRICOLORED HERON. This bird was in the northeast impoundment. I flushed it from the corner and it flew to the exposed island in the middle of the impoundment, where it stayed until I left. Hopefully it will stick around so others get to view it. Additionally, in this impoundment, there is a tiny bit of exposed mud - on the aforementioned island and around the edges of the impoundment. This bit of mud held probably 80 shorebirds, the highlight being a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. The dowitcher was at very close range along the edge and called several times. A scope might be helpful for the birds on the island. Also lingering Ruddy Ducks, Gadwall, Hooded Merg and chicks, coots, and a female Orchard Oriole constructing a nest right near the parking lot. Good birding - Gabe Leidy Hinckley ____________________________________________________________________________________Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/index.php ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]