To add to the recent shorebird reports, I had a few minutes after a meeting at Tuckahoe State Park today to visit the Ridgely Sewage Ponds: Ridgely Sewage Ponds, 7/22/99, 1530-1600 Killdeer - 25 AMERICAN AVOCET - 3 Lesser Yellowlegs - 230 Stilt Sandpiper - 4 Solitary Sandpiper - 5 Spotted Sandpiper - 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1 Least Sandpiper - 60 Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 Short-billed Dowitcher - 4 Obvious highlight were the 3 avocets, not listed for Caroline County in the most recent yellow book. Always lovely to see Stilt Sands in breeding plumage as well. Mark Hoffman Mhoff36100@