I made several stops at places nearby this morning and early afternoon. The highlights were a yellow-bellied sapsucker at Metzger Park in Westerville, golden-crowned kinglets at Sharon Woods, a cerulean wabler at Heritage Park in Westerville, and a spotted sandpiper just above Hoover Dam on the west bank. At Metzger Park, Heritage Park, and Hoover Dam, American Robins were carrying nesting material. At Sharon Woods I saw the first great blue heron I've seen there since October. Also in Sharon Woods there was a lone ring-necked duck on Schrock Lake. Below Hoover Dam there were numerous swallows flying over the soccer field. They were flying too fast for me to get an id but I think they were rough-winged swallows. There were also three or four tree swallows flying around the spillway. There were yellow-rumped warblers at Heritage Park and below Hoover Dam. 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]