Took a trip on wild path that follows all purpose trail between Fremont and Clyde, Ohio. Beautiful area where land developers haven't yet bulldozed. Vernal pools several hundred feet in length housed a pair of Wood Ducks and Mallards. Heard several Red-Bellied Woodpeckers in the tall trees there. Further along the trail was a nice woods of medium trees and many fruit/berry bushes: Song Sparrow Field Sparrow Baltimore Oriole male and female Solitary Viroe Wood Thrush House Wren Carolina Wren All these birds were nesting in this "Wast Lane" by where the city dumps its trash. I quess there's a lesson here: it's amazing how wildlife can reproduce on the remaining untouched area patches that are left. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]