Blacklick Park has a significant amount of wet woods right now. We found two male rusty blackbirds foraging along the trail not far from Beech Maple Lodge. One was in full summer plumage; the other mostly black but with some rust still on his back. Yellow bellied sapsuckers were easy to find. Barred Owl Yellow rumped warbler Golden crowned kinglets Eastern phoebe Brown creeper Hermit Thrush Black vulture Cooper hawk going to potential nesting site at Ashton Pond Great quantities of wild flowers blooming, including Harbinger of spring Hepatica Yellow trout lilly dutchman's breeches and others 3 Kinds of butterflies Eastern tail blue Mourning Cloak Eastern Comma Bob and Elaine McNulty ______________________________________________________________________ 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]