Reports today confirm the Sabine's Gull remains at LaDue. This could be a big weekend for visitors. PLEASE REMEMBER TO RESPECT THE BIRDS SPACE SO IT REMAINS CLOSE FOR ALL TO SEE. Recent activity by birders walking toward the bird and kayakers floating too close have cause all the gulls, terns, shorebirds and Sabine's to seek peace on gravel bars far from shore. No one gets good views when that happens. If you are wondering if the trip to Ladue is worth the drive, consider the following. It has been 5 days since the Sabine's was identified by Dick Hoopes and Kelly Kozlowski. In that time birders have spent many hours along Valley Road (remember to look on both sides of the road) and on the 'mud' north of the boathouse. Here's what they found: * 30 checklists have been submitted (maybe more since there is a delay accepting rare species) some with excellent pictures of the Sabine's Gull * 78 species of birds have been documented * 7 Caspian and 1 Forster's Tern * 6 species of raptors (7 Eagles, Red-shouldered, Red-tailed, 2 Merlin from same tree, Osprey and N. Harrier) * 7 species of warblers (Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Palm, Yellow, Cape May, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green) * 7 species of ducks (Mallard, A. Wigeon, Ruddy, Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Wood Duck, Hooded Merganser) * 12 species of shorebirds (Stilt, Pectoral, Spotted, Solitary, Least and Semi-palmated SP, Black-bellied and Semi-palmated Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Killdeer, Sanderling) * And the ever-present, rare and elusive Canada Goose! Enjoy the weekend, Matt Valencic ______________________________________________________________________ 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]