I went down to Whetstone Park today. I was hoping that I would find a variety of waterfowl on the Olentangy River now that the water is open. There were a lot of mallards. i quit counting after I got to 40. There were also some Canada geese. I did watch a great blue heron fishing though. He never missed. Two strikes, two fish. Along the river bank I also saw a Carolina wren. There were a lot of Carolina chickadees and American Robins flying around too. I didn't see much in Whetstone so I went over to the Park of Roses. There were birds flying all over the place. Especially in the daffodil garden. Downy Woodpeckers, re-bellied woodpeckers, house sparrows, white-throated sparrows, song sparrows, mourning doves, dark eyed juncos, house finches, goldfinches, pine siskins, and, of course, starlings. I even heard a pileated wodpecker but I never saw it. Al La Sala 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]