Walt and Roark Matthews joined us today. Walt is working on the Boy Scout Bird Study Merit Badge. We identified 30 total species including the following notable species: Blendon Woods Nature Center: Hairy Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, Junco West Blind Feeder: White Throated Sparrow (Saturday) East Blind: Gadwall Hoover Reservoir (Columbus, Sunbury Road) First Parking Area North of the Dam: Horned Grebe (6), Redhead, Ring neck (2), Maxtown Road Boat Ramp: Horned Grebe (4), Hooded Mergansers (many) Walt’s first day of Bird Study was a very good day. Rick and Richard Oxley ______________________________________________________________________ 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]