DIRECTIONS: A trip to this area can be conveniently combined with a trip to Middle Creek WMA, a few miles to the southeast on the Lebanon/Lancaster County line. From the junction of PA 501 and PA 897 in Schaefferstown go north on PA 501 for 2 miles to the village of Reistville. From the north, drive south on PA 501 from the junction of PA 501 and US 422 3.75 miles to Reistville. All of the good shorebird ponds can be covered by driving the following route. From Reistville go north on PA 501 to Elco Road (0.9 mile). Turn around at the restaurant parking lot. If there was water in the last field before reaching the restaurant, park along the southbound side of the road to check it out. Do not attempt to park along the northbound side of the road here as there is insufficient space to get completely off the road and traffic along PA 501 is heavy and fast moving. Continue back towards Reistville, checking the permanent pond (0.5 mile) just north of the village; there are often birds around the edge of this pond. In Reistville, take the hard right (west) onto Reistville Road. Go 1 mile and check the pond at the northwest corner of the intersection with Ramona Road. Continuing west on Reistville Road, check the field on the right for temporary ponds if there has been heavy rain recently. These ponds are better in spring: they are usually dry in the fall. The three ponds (one temporary) on the left just before reaching Prescott Road (1 mile) are also usually better in spring, but may occasionally hold a shorebird or wader in the fall. Turn right (north) onto Prescott Road and check for water and birds on the right near the intersection with Iona Road (0.25 mile). This pond is usually dry and, when wet, usually holds weeds, not birds. A hundred yards north, the two ponds at the junction with Fox Road should be checked. Turn left down Fox Road and look for the pond on the right about 300 yards after the turn. It cannot be seen until you are nearly past it. This pond ranges from nearly dry to almost a lake, depending on recent rainfall. Most years this is the most reliable spot for finding fall shorebirds in this area. After scanning this pond, retrace your steps back to Prescott Road and turn right. Continue on Prescott past Reistville Road. On your way towards PA. 897 check all plowed fields, cut hayfields, or alfalfa or clover fields for American Golden-Plover and Upland Sandpiper. In the fall almost anything is liable to show up in the Iona/Reistville area.The following shorebirds have been found here: American Golden-Plover (rare), Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Greater and Lesser yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Willet (once), Spotted Sandpiper, Upland Sandpiper (rare), Hudsonian and Marbled godwits (both rare), Ruddy Turnstone (rare), Sanderling, Semipalmated, Western, Least, White-rumped, Baird's, and Pectoral sandpipers, Dunlin, Stilt Sandpiper, Short-billed and Long-billed (once) dowitchers, Wilson's Snipe, and Wilson's Phalarope (once).