Yesterday afternoon at the Darby wetlands Brad Sparks and I found a few shorebirds in blustery weather and higher water: 2 golden-plovers 2 black-bellied plovers 3 red-necked phalaropes 1 greater yellowlegs 5 lesser yellowlegs 1 sanderling 6 semipalmated sandpipers 12 least sandpipers no killdeers three northern harriers, seen simultaneously waterbirds including pintails, shovelers, blue- and green-winged teals, wood ducks, mallards, Canada geese (only a few), three surprisingly early skittish tundra swans, coots, p-g grebes Wind kept most smaller birds in cover. There is now an extensive network of mowed paths throughout the 800+acre property; one runs along the eastern edge of the shorebird pond, making morning viewing convenient. Parking remains 500 yards to the north, at the lot at Kuhlwein and Darby Creek Drive. We saw construction equipment on the west side of the Drive, probably getting ready to work on the new nature center. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]