I was out to Sandy Ridge yesterday around noon. The 2 Ospreys put on quite a show, cruising the marshes and making occasional dives. The Red-headed Woodpeckers were very active out in the marsh as well. Shorebird habitat is as good as it has been all year, so this might be a good place to monitor. Location: Sandy Ridge Reservation Observation date: 8/30/08 Number of species: 44 Canada Goose 6 Wood Duck 10 American Black Duck 1 Mallard 40 Green-winged Teal 12 Great Blue Heron 8 Great Egret 20 Green Heron 2 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Osprey 2 Bald Eagle 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Semipalmated Plover 1 Killdeer 3 Greater Yellowlegs X Lesser Yellowlegs X Semipalmated Sandpiper 15 Least Sandpiper 5 Pectoral Sandpiper 8 Mourning Dove 2 Chimney Swift 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-headed Woodpecker 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Red-eyed Vireo 3 Blue Jay X Black-capped Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse X White-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 1 European Starling 5 Cedar Waxwing 12 Common Yellowthroat 1 Song Sparrow 3 Swamp Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 4 American Goldfinch 5 See you on the trials, 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]