Location:???? Falls of the Ohio (KY) Observation date:???? 8/15/09 Notes:???? We spent the evening at the Falls with the hope that a few shorebirds may have shown up.? Though we didn't see anything new, we were treated to app. 1,200 Purple Martins swarming over the Ohio River before taking off for their roost somewhere in Clark County, Indiana. Number of species:???? 14 Canada Goose???? 185 Mallard???? 140 Double-crested Cormorant???? 2 Great Blue Heron???? 58 Black-crowned Night-Heron???? 22 Black Vulture???? 38 Turkey Vulture???? 7 Semipalmated Plover???? 2 Killdeer???? 10 Caspian Tern???? 4 Rock Pigeon???? 3 Mourning Dove???? 4 Chimney Swift???? 18 Purple Martin???? 1200 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)