On Sat. Aug. 1, the Darke County Birders checked out some shorebird spots in Darke County. At Fourman's Gravel Pit(private prop.): Greater yellowlegs solitary sandpipers spotted sandpipers killdeer bank swallows feeding young Stingley Road west of Palestine Nashville Road flooded field Pectoral sandpipers solitary sandpipers killdeer Longtown Pectoral sandpipers solitary sandpipers Other birds in the area included Great Blue Heron redtail hawks TV kestrels bluebirds eastern kingbirds bank swallows barn swallows common yellowthroats field, song, savannah sparrows ______________________________________________________________________ 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]