After Gabe and Emil left, an additional 4 Red-necked Phalaropes flew in, bringing the total to 8. It was pretty cool as six of them were in one group. Also, a second Baird's came in and provided some excellent plumage comparison's to the first bird ( it was paler overall). Throw in a lot of shorebird diversity, a hunting Peregrine, and a Little Blue Heron, to name a few, and Pipe Creek rocked. The ONWR Auto Tour was very low key. The only decent visible shorebird habitat was on the north side of the bridge at Crane Creek. A grand total of 3 shorebird species was seen there. It is unfortunate that for the last few years, shorebird habitat has been pretty non-existent along the auto tour routes. See you on the trails, Chris Pierce N. Olmsted, OH -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Ohio-birds] 17 SPP shorebirds PIPE CREEK Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:07:30 +0000 From: jen brumfield <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: jen brumfield <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Greetings - Gabe Leidy reports 17 species of shorebirds, right now (11 a.m. Saturday), at Pipe Creek Wildlife Area. Highlights include FOUR Red-necked Phalaropes, a single Willet, and a single Baird's Sandpiper... Gabe will post his end-of-day results later, I'm sure. cheers Jen Jen Brumfield [log in to unmask] Cleveland, Ohio 330-701-6452 www.jenbrumfield.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]