Blendon Woods is located in the northeast corner of Columbus off of I270 & Rte 161. Take the Little Turtle Way exit. Below is a few of the birds seen today outside the Bird Viewing Window at the Nature Center & a list of some of the birds seen at Thoreau Lake the last few days. Most of the waterfowl are few in number but good looks can be seen. Nature Center Bired Viewing Window, Rusty Blackbird-4 males & a female Fox Sparrow-3 Brown-headed Cowbird-3 males, female Cooper's Hawk American Tree Sparrows-15+ Red-winged Blackbirds-30+(mostly males,but a few females) Thoreau Lake American Black Ducks-hundreds Ring-necked Duck-20+ Redheads-5+ Lesser Scaup-5+ Greater Scaup-2 males American Widgeon-6+ Wood Duck-6+ Green-winged Teal-2 Mute Swan-1 American Coot-2 Great Blue Heron Red-tailed Hawks-2 adults Red-breasted Nuthatch-male White-throated Sparrow-10+ Lake Trail Pileated Woodpeaker-2 Hairy Woodpecker-male & female Blendon Woods Hotline 614-895-6222 Nature Center 614-895-6221 Bruce Simpson-Naturalist at Blendon Woods Metro Park ______________________________________________________________________ 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]