When the drizzle stopped late this afternoon, I headed south to Dawes Arboretum. Although I did stop at the feeder station and drive around the driving loop, my best birds were along White Chapel Road and Licking Trail, which both border the new wetlands. I needed my scope to see the waterfowl, and still couldn't see all of them in the tall grasses. Highlights: Wood ducks - XX (I stopped counting when I got to 50.) Mallards - several American black ducks - about 10 Northern pintail - 1 male Many unidentifiable ducks in the weeds and grass, but I believe most of them were mallards or black ducks. Eastern meadowlark Cooper's hawk Kestrels - 3 different birds Red-tailed hawks - 5 different birds Northern flicker - I've been having trouble spotting one of these, so was glad to see one. My county total for March is now 58. Margaret Bowman Licking Co., 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]