I took a walk around the apartment complex this morning to see what I could see. The Canada Geese only have two goslings left. The mallards' brrods are dwindling too. In addition to the regulars I saw 2 great blue herons and a spotted sandpiper. A neighbor told me that during the week he saw an egret and a green heron here. I wish they had been around today. Afterwards I walked over to Lazelle Woods. The Eastern Phoebe is spending more time away from her nest these days. I saw her out hawking when I got there. She returned to her nest before I left though. Her mate came with her. The Cooper's hawk nest is still visible through the leaves but just barely. I could just make out the tail feathers sticking over the side of the nest. I saw both members of the red-tailed hawk couple today. They were both carrying food and they both flew off in the direction of the nest which is completely obscured by leaves. I wonder if this means they have nestlings now. At Lazelle Woods I also saw yellow-rumped warbler, tree swallow, barn swallow, northern rough-winged swallow, red-bellid woodpecker (at the nest), etc. 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]