Hi all: Marcia Kinnard and I found an American Avocet at Knox Lake in Knox County near Mt. Vernon this afternoon. Along Knox Lake Road--the avocet was in a cove on the right, standing on a small mudflat. Also present were 16 Caspian Terns. Su Snyder, Wooster ______________________________________________________________________ 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]