Howdy All! I was at the West Pond today from 7:30-10:30am. Things are moving and shifting and the numbers of the species never seemed settled. Nor did the species. Birds would appear [out of no where] and disappear as quickly. I had a single Buff-breasted and a White-rumped--both early (7:30am). Three Baird's were present at 7:30am. By 8:30am there was only one Baird's to be found. After that it was off and on. Where it would disappear to, I do not know. I started out with only 3 Pectorals, too. They kept increasing in numbers until I left (14 total). Below is a list of species with max counts. Baird's Sandpiper (3) Buff-breasted Sandpiper (1) White-rumped Sandpiper (1) Lesser Yellowlegs (4) Spotted Sandpiper (1) Semipalmated Sandpiper (8) Least Sandpiper (23) Pectoral Sandpiper (14) Killdeer (8) Semipalmated Plover (5) Other birds seen/heard at the W. Pond: Green Heron (1) Belted Kingfisher (1) White-eyed Vireo (1) Song Sparrow (4) Savannah Sparrow (3) (1 juv.) Barn Swallow (6) Purple Martin (3) Rough-winged Swallow (1) Chimney Swift (1) N Flicker (1) Pileated Woodpecker (1) E Starling (100+) Rock Dove (50) Am Goldfinch (3) There was also one aberrantly-plumaged Least Sandpiper with BLACK and RED on the RIGHT side of it's head. It had a red forehead, black crown, ochre supercilium, black auriculars, whitish malar stripe, black on the right side of the throat and black splotches near its right shoulder. The left side was an otherwise normal plumaged Least Sandpiper. An odd bird indeed! -Greg Miller (temporarily in far western Maryland--well, is Ohio in Garrett County?) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com