I wasn't going to go to Wlldwood Park today on the east side of Cleveland (Lakeshore Blvd. & E. 174th St.) but I received a call from Mark Anderson (who birds there all the time) around 4:50pm who was there and found an AMERICAN BITTERN. I had to go home first but got there after 5:20. It was in the main woods west of the bridge area on the path going towards the bathhouse. It was on the ground near a big puddle - when he approached it flew to a slightly taller thickety tree. By the time I got there the lightning just stopped and it was only raining but it hadn't moved. After awhile it flew to a very tall tree and was balancing itself in the wind. We left it when he had to leave and when I circled back later I couldn't find it. Today also saw my first: Ruby-crowned Kinglets - seem to be many Yellow-rumped Warblers 2-3 Winter Wren (first seen 4/8) Still seeing E. Towhees - multiple, B. Thrashers - 2 Hermit Thrush 10-12, Fox Sparrows 3 White-throated Sparrows 2 (new for me) Nancy Anderson (also for Mark Anderson of Cleveland - no relation) Richmond Hts, OH __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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]