I spent most of the morning scouting spots for the OBBA2 along this Creek between Circleville and I-71. The floodplain is wider here than areas further upstream, but the area is more intensively farmed so the riparian strip is thinner. Some birds of note: Turkey Vultures - everywhere along the creek. They seem to be slowly creeping northward Kestrels - surprisingly common along back road farm fields; I must have seen 8-10 in a few hours. Osprey - 1 sitting in a tree near the bridge where St.104 crosses Darby Creek Great Horned Owl - sitting on a distant nest just south of the village of Darbydale Rough-winged Swallows - my first of the Spring, flying around a small airfield in the town of Fox Golden-cr.Kinglet - nowhere abundant, but widespread. I even found them in isolated stands of trees. Vesper Sparrows - singing in several different locations ______________________________________________________________________ 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]