Hi all, My wife and I had a very productive afternoon at Pickerington Ponds on Sunday. Waterfowl seen: Pied-billed Grebe - A few at all areas Canada Geese Mallards Hooded Mergansers - Many at all areas N. Shoveller - 2 at Wright Road Redhead - 2 On west side of Bowen Rd Lesser Scaup - South pond on Bowen Rd Buffleheads - 11 Ditto American Wigeon - 2 Ditto Blue-winged Teal Black Ducks - Many Wood Duck - 3 Ring-necked Ducks - Many at all areas Approximately 12 nests are being used at the Great Blue Heron rookery at Wright and Bowen roads. Raptors seen: Kestrels Red-tailed Hawk Harriers - 2 Osprey - 2 Killdeer - 1 Tree Swallows - many Song Sparrow Tree Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Towhee - 1 Male Great-horned Owl - 2 Adult with large Owlet at Brice Rd at Blacklick Creek And the bird of the day: The world's most cooperative Golden-crowned Kinglet, showing off his Golden crown in the afternoon sunlight at very close range. Steve Pendleton Brenda Rushka Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]