The groundwater-fed slough along CanalRoad in Pickaway County continues to host the seasonally accidental AMERICAN BITTERN. There were several other species of note present today at about 11:15 AM: one AMERICAN PIPIT, one WILSON'S SNIPE, and numbers of Swamp Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Northern Cardinals, and American Tree Sparrows were using the slough. A MERLIN perched high in a cottonwood overlooking the slough may explain the absence of a Killdeer last found on the 8th. I'm sure it will find the snipe soon! Tom Bain The Glaciated Allegheny Plateau Ross County ______________________________________________________________________ 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]