Hello! For the past few evenings, I hiked the Dripping Rock and pet trails at Highbanks in southern Delaware County. Early this evening I had great prolonged views of an Orange-Crowned Warbler mixed in with a flock of Yellow-Rumped Warblers on the pet trail along the tree line that runs north-south just west of the large dead tree near the Adena mound. Last Friday, I also saw an Orange-Crowned feeding in the goldenrod at the beginning of the pet trail. For the past few days, there have been good numbers of both Kinglet species with one this evening clearly showing its ruby crown. I observed first of season Juncos, a White-Crowned Sparrow, a Hermit Thrush, a Winter Wren, and a Sharp-Shinned Hawk along the pet trail this past weekend. There have been several Towhees grouped together sometimes calling simultaneously with up to four in a group along the pet trail. Also, last evening, I heard a pair of Great-Horned Owls hooting from the trail spur off of the Dripping Rock trail that leads to the other Adena mound. This is the same area where a pair have nested the past few winters. This location is in addition to the other traditional nest site in the sycamore tree that is easily seen from the Dripping Rock trail where a second pair have nested for several years. Overall numbers of the more common birds were greater this evening than during the past week. Direction to Highbanks can be found at _www.metroparks.net_ (http://www.metroparks.net) or on the OOS web site. Rob Lowry Powell, Ohio **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]