Started off with a trip to Pickerington Ponds. I birded from 8:30 - 10:00 am and found: Mourning Dove 8 European Starling 14 American Tree Sparrow est. 36+ Song Sparrow 5+ White-crowned Sparrow 2 American Robin 2 Northern Cardinal House Finch 5 Northern Harrier 3 Common Crow 3 Blue Jay Carolina Chickadee ... and I got to watch a the harriers and crows diving on each other. Then I went to Blacklick Woods Metro Park and birded at the vistor center feeders from 11:10 - 11:50 am and found: Canada Goose 2 Northern Cardinal 10 Tufted Titmouse 3 Mallard 22 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 Carolina Chickadee 2 American Goldfinch 2 House Sparrow 7 Dark-eyed Junco 3 White-throated Sparrow Blue Jay 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch Downy Woodpecker 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker ... then I hit the trails and found: Carolina Chickadee 8 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker Northern Cardinal 4 Blue Jay Tufted Titmouse Barred Owl White-breasted Nuthatch ... some of which may have been birds from near the feeders. I went back to the nature center and spent time helping the staff and other birders count for the GBBC. We found a Hairy Woodpecker and some Mourning Doves in addition to what I had seen earlier. Next I headed to the Hoover Dam from 4:15-4:35 pm and found: Canada Goose 157+ American Wigeon 3 Ring-billed Gull 120+ Mallard 66+ Rock Dove 2 ... and then I went to Blendon Woods to finish the day and found: American Wigeon 2 Redhead 2 Ring-necked Duck 7 Canvasback 2 Mute Swan Mallard est. 300 Black Duck est. 300 Canada Goose est. 297 Green Winged Teal Hooded Merganser Northern Cardinal 2 American Tree Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow Carolina Chickadee Graylag Goose (an possible escapee I heard) ... I estimated that there were around 600 Mallards and Black Ducks. From very basic visual observation, I figured it was a nearly 50/50 split between the two, so that is how I came up with 300 for each, but that might be wrong. Adam Cirone B.A. in Biology from Muskingum College Senior Reseach on Grassland Birds Columbus, Ohio [log in to unmask] (330) 257-9533 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]