I took an hour after work to visit these wetlands and the adjoining greenbelt along Blacklick Creek in southeast Columbus. The 'wetlands' are really 2 large flood-control pools managed by the City of Columbus. The water levels in these impoundments were somewhat high, with only a fringe of mud in each, but they still held some decent waders including Great Blue Heron - 1 Great Egret - 1 KIldeer - 32 Gr.Yellowlegs - 1 L.Yellowlegs - 1 Solitary Spr - 1 Semipalmated Spr - 1 Unfortunately, the impending storms tonight will probably flood the remaining shorebird habitat here, so it probably won't be worth much of a look over the next few days. The riparian forest along Blacklick Creek here still had quite a few calling birds for so late in the season and the day. Best were a Rose-br. Grosbeak, E.Kingbird, a gnatcatcher pair feeding a fledgeling, and 3-4 singing Towhees. Rob Thorn [log in to unmask] EarthLink Revolves Around You. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]