Hello, I appreciated the posting by Gene Stauffer about the Bell's Vireos along the Heritage Trail in Hilliard. I went up there this morning around 8:30 am with my wife to try my luck and was not disappointed. We parked at Homestead Park and walked back to the Heritage Trail (for those unfamiliar, it is the long, straight trail immediately "behind" or west of Homestead Park). We walked north on the trail for about a quarter or half a mile and sure enough, the little guy flew up and sang his heart out for several minutes from the top of a small tree, allowing fantastic views. Seeing as how we were relatively pressed for time (leaving town tomorrow for 3 weeks ) I didn't keep looking to see how many more Bell's Vireos I could find. We did see some other cool stuff too: Rose-breasted Grosbeak Baltimore Oriole Orchard Oriole (beautiful male) Brown Thrasher Willow Flycatcher (many) Eastern Phoebe Cedar Waxwing (many) Yellow Warbler (1 female) Gray Catbird House Wren (feeding young inside a Bluebird box) Tree Swallows (many nesting pairs) Chipping Sparrows plus all the other really common species. Thanks again for the report! I've seen the entirely gray, southwestern Bell's Vireos before, but this was the first time I'd seen the Eastern subspecies. Much more yellow on the underparts. Cool bird. -Nate Nye Hilliard, 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]