July 10, 2007 This evening I found two Solitary Sandpipers in a much-depleted farm pond along C. M. Jones Road near Tusculum in Greene County. (If the current drought has anything positive to offer, it's the drawdown on ponds that normally offer little shoreline. If the dry spell continues, I expect to see more shorebirds than usual in Greene County because there will be more suitable habitat exposed than in years of typical rainfall. Of course, another aspect to this is that certain areas that are normally good for shorebirds will be totally dry during this year's migration.) Today's date is earlier than usual for south-bound Solitary Sandpipers in Greene County, which tend to be present from around the 18th of July until mid- October or slightly later. Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., TN pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx