Here are a few birds seen recently in Ohio Birds seen at Zaleski SF on March 23 included : 6 E Phoebes (a similar number present on the 13th also) 7 Pine Warblers (some have been present on territory since at least March 13) 3 Purple Finches On the evening of March 23 at Hoover the breeding plumaged Eared Grebe was near the dam wall close to the R-t Loon for a short wall then couldn't be relocated. today, March 25 : Shawnee SF : several Ruffed Grouse (not drumming yet) 20+ E Phoebes (all silent in the cold) 1 Louisiana Waterthrush flood plain along Rt. 104 in northern Scioto County : 12 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Lesser Yellowlegs Charlie's Pond area (heavily flooded) in Pickaway County : ducks in quadruple digits ~200 Bonaparte's Gulls 1 Tree Swallow several Am. Pipits and Savannah Sparrows Watermark Quarry in Columbus : 2 White-winged Scoters among the huge number of other expected water birds (ducks, grebes, loons, gulls) Bob Royse Robert Royse [log in to unmask] www.roysephotos.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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]