Mr Palmer, On behalf of the Greater Akron Audubon Society and the Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II, thank you for allowing access to your facility. It was well worth the time, effort and biting flies! Barberton Reservoir 13 June 2008 7:30 - 11:00 am Canada goose Wood duck Mallard - 4 Double-crested cormorant - 5 (at least one adult) Great blue heron - 4 Turkey vulture OSPREY Cooper's hawk Killdeer Ring-billed gull Mourning dove - 8 Yellow-billed cuckoo Chimney swift - 5 Red-bellied woodpecker Downy woodpecker Hairy woodpecker Northern flicker Acadian flycatcher - 2 Eastern phoebe - 2 Warbling vireo Red-eyed vireo - 9 Blue jay - 7 American crow - 6 Tree swallow - 8 Northern rough-winged swallow Barn swallow - 6 Black-capped chickadee - 5 Tufted titmouse - 3 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH - 3 (two south side fire track, one near intersection of Jacoby Rd/Summit Rd) White-breasted nuthatch Carolina wren House wren - 5 Blue-gray gnatcatcher Veery - 3 Wood thrush - 2 American robin - 14 Gray catbird - 13 European starling - 10 Cedar waxwing - 8 Yellow warbler - 8 Pine warbler - 2 (Summit Rd) Hooded warbler Scarlet tanager Eastern towhee - 7 Chipping sparrow - 4 Field sparrow Song sparrow - 7 Northern cardinal - 15 Rose-breasted grosbeak Indigo bunting - 2 Red-winged blackbird Common grackle - 4 Brown-headed cowbird - 9 Baltimore oriole - 4 House finch - 2 American goldfinch - 10 House sparrow - 2 I was told that wild turkeys are heard near the Community Gardens on Summit Rd, which seems reasonable, but I did not detect any myself today. Gregory Bennett Akron 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]