We made a morning run to Ballard WMA to see what the thunderstorms brought our way. We had good light and nice cloud cover until around noon when the heat shimmers got in our way. Highlights are listed below: Canada Goose - thousands Wood Duck - 6 Mallard - 50 Northern Shoveler - 8 DC Cormorant - 1 Great Egret - 50 Snowy Egret - 8 Mississippi Kite - 1 Bald Eagle - 3 Semipalmated plover - 2 Killdeer - 75 Greater yellowlegs - 1 Lesser yellowlegs - 6 Spotted sandpiper - 5 Semipalmated Sandpiper - 20 Least Sandpiper - 30 Pectoral Sandpiper - 75 Stilt Sandpiper - 3 Short-billed dowitcher - 1 Least Tern - 12 Fish Crow - 4 Hap & Melissa Murray, KY