Emil and Bacik and I birded Pipe and Pickerel Creek WA, today (Erie/Sandusky Co). I had not seen Bruce Simpson's post of yesterday, so we were pleasantly surprised to encounter an ad MARBLED GODWIT and three WILLETS at Pipe. At Pickerel, there are a good number of shorebirds in the drawndown pond across from the fringed orchid field, along the first road west of the observation platform, and north of the observation platform itself. Though we didn't have time, I watched four Lesser Yellowlegs from a distance apparently put down in the impoundment north of the woodlot, so it's possible both areas will serve up some excellent shorebirding again this year! Photos are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28939750@N05/?saved=1 If the link doesn't open, replace the word 'at' within the URL, with the at 'symbol.' Pipe Creek: Ruddy Duck 2 Great Egret 170 Snowy Egret 3 WILLET 3 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 7 Least Sandpiper 36 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 12 MARBLED GODWIT 1 Pickerel Creek: Snowy Egret 1 Greater Yellowlegs 13 Lesser Yellowlegs 94 Least Sandpiper 13 Short-billed Dowitcher 37 Good birding - Gabe Leidy Parma ______________________________________________________________________ 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]