As I was outside enjoying the evening after work checking growth of newly planted shrubs, heard a new song. Looked up above neighbor's pool in the Locust tree sat a scarlet tanager singing it's series of short trills. Ran in and got camera only to find it still there for a pretty shot. Also around 6:30 pm at Research Blvd/ Woodman behind Value City is a marsh pond with 3 visiting Great Egrets along with a 3 kildeers and about dozen or two of tree swallows hovering over the water. Not too bad after a day at work—made my day! Yesterday also FOY backyard Pileated WP visited aged maple trees tearing apart bark like it was nothing. Doug B. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]