Hello! Yesterday, Dan Sanders, Doreene Linzell, and I birded the following route south of Columbus: Stage's Pond, Calamus Swamp, Charlie's Pond, Scioto Trail State Park, Deer Creek State Park area, and the Haul Road quarry lake on the south side of Columbus. The more notable birds seen and/or heard were as follows: STAGE'S POND Ruddy Duck-5 Northern Shoveler Wood Duck-4 Tree Swallow-4 CALAMUS SWAMP Rusty Blackbird-~60 to 70 Eastern Phoebe-pair at blind Winter Wren Brown Thrasher Swamp Sparrow Brown Creeper Wood Duck-6 CHARLIE'S POND Eastern Meadowlarks-3 or 4 Savannah Sparrow Northern Harrier-2 Tree Swallow-4 VESPER SPARROW-3 or 4 near fence around Scippo Treatment Plant Northern Mockingbird-1 along unpaved road to Scippo Treatment Plant Horned Lark-several SCIOTO TRAIL Chipping Sparrow-several Pileated Woodpecker-saw 1, heard 2 Belted Kingfisher Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker DEER CREEK RESERVOIR SURF SCOTER RED-NECKED GREBE Horned Grebe Pied-Billed Grebe-2 Scaup-raft of 73 Yellowlegs-67 total with ~80-90% Greater Bonaparte's Gull-55, a few almost in full breeding plumage Herring Gull-8 at beach Ring-Billed Gull-several Green-Winged Teal-several American Wigeon-pair Tree Swallow-numerous Northern Shoveler-1 male in Scaup raft OSPREY-great views of pair at nesting platform DEER CREEK WETLANDS (DICK ROAD) Ring-Necked Duck-numerous Bufflehead-5 or 6 Northern Shoveler-numerous Blue-Winged Teal-~35-40 Green-Winged Teal-~20-25 Gadwall-pair Tree Swallow-~35-40 Wood Duck-~10-15 Eastern Phoebe HAUL ROAD QUARRY LAKE RED-NECKED GREBE Horned Grebe Pied-Billed Grebe-2 Scioto Trail State Park was fairly quiet overall. No Yellow-Throated Warblers or Louisiana Waterthrushes were heard or observed. The Haul Road quarry lake is just east of the Scioto River and north of Rte. 104. It can be accessed off of I-71 by exiting east at the Rte. 104, exiting at the first ramp (Haul Road), and turning left (north) on Haul Road. There are lakes on both sides of Haul Road but the birds were observed on the west lake (on the left). Please note that you may be visited by security (white car with "Securitas" on it) for the business further north up Haul Road, but they have ALWAYS been very nice once they realize that you are birding and not bothering anything. Please e-mail me privately for directions to any of the other places that we visited. Rob Lowry Powell, Ohio **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220439616x1201372437/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]