Troy Shively reports that at least three westerns remain today. Sent from my iPad On Oct 9, 2015, at 5:37 PM, Ethan Rising <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > October 9th- the Grand Lake St. Mary's Fish Hatcheries were FULL of shorebirds today, plus there were some other good birds around. > The eBird List (I'm probably missing a few things): > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25354462 > > Highlights: > At least 3 Western Sandpipers (good photos, rusty wings and cap, slightly down curved bill) > At least 40 White-rumped Sandpipers > 90-150 Semipalmated Sandpipers > 1 Baird's Sandpiper > 1 Greater Yellowlegs > 1 Black-bellied Plover > Several Pectoral Sandpipers > 1 Forster's Tern (flyover) > 2 Great Egrets > 1 Nelson's Sparrow-good looks, no photos > 8 Northern Pintail (3 males, 5 females) > > This is by far the best day I've ever had for migrants at this location. While I didn't have any rarities, there were a few birds I don't get often, mainly the Nelson's Sparrow and WESA's. > > All shorebirds are relatively close and easy to see. Scope not needed, but it would be helpful. > This location is kind of remote, but is worth going to. > Also, on the west side of the lake, Eurasian Collared-Doves can be found at the grain mill in Celina. > > I've had everything from Avocets to Laughing Gulls at the GLSM Fish Hatcheries. Anything can happen here! > > Ethan Rising > Cincinnati, Ohio > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.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. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]