Today Linda and I visited the Yellow-crowned Night Herons in Bexley. The
pair were working on one nest while a lone bird was perched close to the
second  nest. They are always a treat. Easier to view at their current site than
when  they nested at Overbrook Drive between Indianola and High years ago.

Later we took a walk around Blacklick Metro Park. Like Ken Davis'
observations at the state capitol there were Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers  everywhere.
We stopped counting at 13. Other birds of interest included Brown  Creeper,
Golden-crowned Kinglet, Fox Sparrow. Hermit Thrush and Brown  Thrasher.
Later we visited Pickerington Ponds where there was a nice  selection of
grassland species including Field, Song, Savannah, White-crowned,  American Tree
and Swamp sparrows. Waterfowl included Northern Shoveler,  Ring-necked Duck,
Lesser Scaup, Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal, Hooded and  Red-breasted
Mergansers, Ruddy Duck and Wood Duck. Numerous Great Egrets were  around the
Blue Wing Pond and a pair of Osprey were making their presence known.  A
Ring-necked Pheasant called from just outside the observation blind. It was so
loud one might have thought it to be in the blind.

Staying in with today's weather was not an option. Time to exercise the
neck and get ready for the arrival of the warblers.

Charlie Bombaci

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