Out briefly this AM in downpour. (sanity in serious question) Exposed mudflats on the Ompompanoosuc along Rt 132 had numerous shorebirds: Kildeer, Semipalmated Plover, Black- bellied Plover (not a good enough look to completely rule out Golden), Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper and a Merlin (there for obvious reasons). lloyd