In a nice afternoon walk with my wife and 2 kids, I was able to come across a couple noteworthy birds out at the Darby Lakes area of Prairie Oaks Metro Park. First one was a flyover Wilson's Snipe--that is, flyover until he decided to make a 90 degree turn and plummet straight down to the ground! He must have some phenomenal air-braking ability if he didn't just plunge himself into the shoreline mud--that was on the north shore of the southernmost lake. Also saw 3 Killdeer at that spot. A little later, I saw 2 Tree Swallows flying north across the lakes--maybe they're taking the long way around to South America. ;) Other than that and some more common species, there were about 6 Ring-necked Ducks, a couple Redheads, a Pied-billed Grebe, 20 Coots, 8 Canada Geese, and about 10 Mallards out on the water. -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]