Drove east of Fremont on Rt. 6 checking out woodlots and marshy areas, including Pickeral Creek WA. Here's my tally: 8 Great-blue Heron 5 Kildeer 5 Common Merganser Duck 6 Redhead Duck 2 Black Duck 2 Am. Widgeon 5 Black Vulture 9 Turkey Vulture 3 Great Egret 34 Mallard Duck 40 Red-wing Blackbird 20 Gadwall Duck 1 Pied-bill Grebe 18 Am. Coot 2 Bald Eagle 19 Ring-necked Duck 5 Double-crested Cormorant 13 Lesser Scaup 1 Red-tail Hawk 9 Robin 1 Northern Harrier 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Tufted Titmouse 2 Downey Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Pine Siskin 1 Bluejay 2 Cardinal 9 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Fox Sparrow 2 Goldfinch 5 Crows 9 Ring-billed Gull Visit my "Wildlife-Friendly Yards" site and read "TODAY'S HEADLINES ABOUT SPRING BIRDS IN OHIO" in the right-hand margin: http://wildlifefriendlylawn.blogspot.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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]