While kayaking up at the north end of the Hoover Reservoir I spotted one American Avocet still in a light breeding plumage. I was able to drift to about 10/15 yards from him, not really bothered by me, just eating away. He was about 200 yards south of the Osprey platform along the east shoreline. He then moved up to the island by the platform. Not to be an island much longer. The water level has dropped quite a bit and there is a lot of shore bird habitat along the shore line. Unless the Avocet moves around, boat is going to be the only way of seeing him at this time. Other birds seen: 3 Bald Eagles 4 Osprey Numerous Killdeer (the Starlings of shorebirds). Lesser Yellow Legs Spotted Sandpipers Numerous Blue Heron About a dozen Great Egrets Several Green Herons 3 Belted Kingfisher Several Double Breasted Cormorants 2 to 3 dozen Ring Billed Gulls Numerous Mallards Several deer along the shoreline A family of Raccoons eating along the shoreline. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]