Liz and I spent a couple of hours earlier today (March 31) at Sandy Ridge Metropark in North Ridgeville. The highlight was our first Palm Warbler of the year. It was a yellow (eastern) bird that joined a mixed flock of sparrows and woodland species along a wooded corridor between farm fields and the loop trail. Other birds seen included: Sandhill Crane (1) Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck (many) Northern Shoveler Gadwall Black Duck Ruddy Duck Bufflehead American Coots (many) Killdeer American Kestrel (flyover) Northern Flicker Red-bellied Woodpecker Tree Swallow (many) Brown Creeper Golden-crowned Kinglet Yellow-rumped Warbler American Tree Sparrow Field Sparrow (heard only) Fow Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird We saw a flock of about 25 shorebirds take flight from one of the fields near the visitor center as we were arriving but could not ID them. They appeared to be large Calidrid-sized birds but efforts to relocate and ID them were unsuccessful. Have a great migration! Tim and Liz Colborn North Olmsted, 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]