My brother Kevin and I were at Charlie's Pond about 7:30 pm.on Friday.  There were two other gentlemen there, as well.  We all agreed that it was the cricket frog singing and not a yellow rail.  We did hear one black rail calling for several minutes on the south side of the road.
We were first there about 5 and stayed for about 30 minutes before birding on River Road and the Pickaway Co. airport area.  and then returned to Charlie's Pond.  While in the car, we listened to the yellow rail on tape and decided, although a runner going past Charlie's pond insisted that he heard the yellow rail, it was not what we were hearing.

Birds heard/seen in the area:

Great blue heron
TV
ringneck pheasant with 3 chicks.
black rail
killdeer
morning dove
flicker
downy
willow flycatcher
barn swallows
tree swallows
robin
gray catbird
common yellowthroat
blue grosbeak
indigo bunting
many dickcissels
E. towhee
field sparrow
grasshopper sp.
Henslow's sp.
song sparrow
redwing bb
E. meadowlark
common grackle
starling
cowbird
Balt. oriole
goldfinch
house sp.

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