My sister & I met up w/ Jan Auburn [transferring the WW Crossbill for the museum] at Sandy Ridge Preserve in Avon Tuesday. After the handover we went birding thru the park. Highlights were the numerous nesting birds. Prothontary Warbler, Red-headed WP, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Red-eyed Vireo, Red-wing BB, Song Sparrow, Balitmore Oriole, Robins and Tree Swallows. Below is the list of birds we saw. Sue YOST ~^/^~ Dallas, TX currently Elyria, Lorain Co. Turkey Vulture Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Sandhill Crane Canada Goose Northern Shoveler Mallard Wood Duck Spotted Sandpiper Killdeer Ruby-throated Hummingbird Red-headed WP Red-bellied WP Yellow shafted Flicker Eastern Phoebe Red-eyed Vireo Warbling Vireo Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Tufted Titmouse Marsh Wren Eastern Bluebird Robin Catbird Cedar Waxwing Prothonotary warbler Yellow Warbler Common Yellowthroat Warbler Swamp Sparrow Song Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Cardinal Red-winged BB Cowbird Common Grackle Baltimore Oriole Am. Goldfinch #39 House Sparrow ______________________________________________________________________ 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]