I went down to Whetstone Park today.  I was hoping that I would find a 
variety of waterfowl on the Olentangy River now that the water is open.  
There were a lot of mallards.  i quit counting after I got to 40.  There 
were also some Canada geese.  I did watch a great blue heron fishing 
though.  He never missed.  Two strikes, two fish.  Along the river bank I 
also saw a Carolina wren.  There were a lot of Carolina chickadees and 
American Robins flying around too.
I didn't see much in Whetstone so I went over to the Park of Roses.  There 
were birds flying all over the place. Especially in the daffodil garden.  
Downy Woodpeckers, re-bellied woodpeckers, house sparrows, white-throated 
sparrows, song sparrows, mourning doves, dark eyed juncos, house finches, 
goldfinches, pine siskins, and, of course, starlings.  I even heard a 
pileated wodpecker but I never saw it.

Al La Sala
Columbus, OH

______________________________________________________________________

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]