I spent from about 5:30am-9am birding the Battelle Darby wetlands this
morning, and started off with possible BARN OWLs calling from near the
Darby Dan loop at the north end of the metro park.  A poor quality
recording (made with my phone) of one of the 2 birds can be found at

   http://soundcloud.com/paul-j-hurtado/battelle-darby-owl-14aug2012

After that I headed to the "Grain Elevator" wetlands (across from the
bison enclosure) which continues to have great shorebird habitat and
grassland birds. Highlights among the 50+ species (12 shorebird
species) observed include:

Northern Pintail, 1 early individual
Both yellowlegs
Stilt Sandpiper (4)
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope (1)
Marsh (1) & Sedge Wrens
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak (1 singing from parking area)
Dickcissels (2)
Bobolink (4 flyovers)

For photos & more, see these eBird checklists:
  http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11341499
  http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11341763

Good birding,
Paul Hurtado
Columbus, OH

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