Some decent numbers (for these days) of knots have been reported, making this interesting article on their migration from the Philadelphia Enquirer especially appropriate: http://www.philly.com/philly/health_and_science/20101011_Geolocators_show_red_knots__flights_extraordinary.html?page=1&c=y 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]