Location: Sandy Ridge Reservation Observation date: 7/28/08 6:30 - 8:30PM. Notes: Observed the Kestrels in a group atop the Pines across pond 1.The Hummingbird was observed gleaning insects from the spider webs located on snags in the marsh.Most of the Robins were seen entering the marshes at about 8:30. Number of species: 49 Canada Goose 22 Wood Duck 30 American Black Duck 3 Mallard 70 Pied-billed Grebe 3 Great Blue Heron 7 Great Egret 17 Green Heron 2 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 American Kestrel 6 Sandhill Crane 2 Killdeer 3 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Pectoral Sandpiper 3 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 Caspian Tern 5 Mourning Dove 6 Chimney Swift 8 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Acadian Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 Blue Jay 1 Purple Martin 6 Tree Swallow 10 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 15 Barn Swallow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Marsh Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 200 European Starling 15 Cedar Waxwing 12 Common Yellowthroat 1 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 6 Swamp Sparrow 5 Northern Cardinal 2 Indigo Bunting 3 Red-winged Blackbird 40 Common Grackle 5 American Goldfinch 4 See you on the trails, Chris Pierce N. Olmsted, 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]