Yesterday I saw a single American Bittern that I flushed while walking around Hoover Meadows with my Ornithology class. The bird flew a short distance and landed in the same wetland (it was the wetland in the back of the area. Hoover Meadows is located on the North Eastern side of Hoover Reservoir. Did not hear or see any rails, as well as Prothonotary Warblers at Mudhen Marsh. Birded the Kokosing Gap Trail today in Mount Vernon. Saw much of the usual suspects, the best birds I saw or heard were Brown Thrasher (saw 1, heard 1) and a single Northern Rough- winged Swallow. Got to watch some Belted Kingfishers diving for their aquatic prey. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]