The wetland area at Glacier Ridge appears to be shrinking fast, but there was still an impressive variety of birds foraging and fishing this morning. We arrived around 7:30 and saw numerous young virginia rails scurrying about, along with sandpipers, killdeer, and at least two green heron. We walked over to the small pond by the barn/picnic area just in time to see a least bittern swallow an impressively large frog and disappear back into the reeds. Some photos: Least bittern with frog: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jklsemi/6042651811 Fishing green heron: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jklsemi/6043195870 Snipe and goldfinches: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jklsemi/6042639785 Virginia rails: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jklsemi/6043178096 Sandpipers: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jklsemi/6042627591 --Sarah & Joe [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]
