After leaving Pipe Creek, Mo & I ventured to Willow Point WA Hey all - After leaving Pipe Creek, Mo & I ventured to Willow Point WA, where we encountered quality shorebird habitat and a surprising number of early shorebirds using it. The location is the same as it was two years ago - park at the 'Fish' building, then head north & east along the main path - its the more northern impoundment that the birds are using. We had: Killdeer 60 Greater Yellowlegs 5 Lesser Yellowlegs 18 Least Sandpiper 3 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Also, just down the road on CR-290, there were six more Dicksissels and we had three more at a new location near Pickerel Creek. Folks, these birds are EVERYHWERE this year. Literally piece of suitable habitat I've stopped at in this area has had multiple birds. At Pipe Creek Unit B has been drained completely, and offers little for shorebird use at the moment. There are still two small puddles remaining, and the avocet was sharing one with some Mallards, but it was the only migrant shorebird around. Good birding - Gabe Leidy Cleveland ______________________________________________________________________ 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]