Hobart Urban Nature Preserve is part of the Miami County Park District and is a real gem in the middle of Troy. It's very good for grassland birds and in late May, 2008, was filled with dickcissels and grasshopper sparrows. From 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. this morning we had some great sightings: Pied-billed grebe Ring-necked ducks - 24 Blue-winged teals - 5 Mallards - 2 Canada goose Rough-winged, tree, & barn swallows Savannah, song, field, tree, chipping, and house sparrows Red-winged blackbirds American robins American crows Northern flicker Bluejay Northern cardinal European starlings Turkey vulture American kestrel Common grackle Mourning dove As we entered the park, a beautiful red fox crossed in front of us. All in all a great birding morning at 33 degrees. Englewood North Park - 11:15 a.m. - The swallows are back! Bank, tree, barn, & rough-winged swallows Bald eagle - Adult being helped to vacate the premises by a red-tailed hawk Pied-billed grebes - 2 Gadwall - 1 American coots - 6 Northern shovelers - 5 Killdeer Mallard Ring-billed gulls Canada geese Red-winged blackbirds Song sparrow Ed and Bev Neubauer Englewood, Ohio **************Worried about job security? Check out the 5 safest jobs in a recession. (http://jobs.aol.com/gallery/growing-job-industries?ncid=emlcntuscare00000003) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]