I stopped by the OSU wetlands off of Ackerman Rd, Columbus, and finally saw the Merlin. I've probably made 10 unsuccessful trips there. This time I had scanned the trees in the wetland and along the river from the bridge without finding it. I walked a bit beyond the bridge, when two Cooper's Hawks came soaring down the river with the Merlin above. The Merlin eventually dove on one of the hawks, then curved around and perched in a tree behind the white apartment building just north of the bridge. It was there when I left at 2:40 PM. Cheers, Paul Gardner Columbus, 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]