Dalware State Park is located 6 miles north of the city of Delware off of Rte 23.. The Wildlife Area is on the eastern side of the reservoir--Take Main Rd off of Rte 23. I spent 3 days there recently, birding at the beach & along the trails. I spent time in the Wildlife Area around Leonardburg Rd. Below is a few of the birds seen. Beach Area Warblers Yellow-2 male, female, young male C Yellowthroat Rose-breasted Grosbeak Killdeer-11 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher-adult & young Spotted Sandpiper-young Osprey House Finch-2 female, male. E Towhee-5 male, female Willow Flycatcher Cedar Waxwing-4 Eastern Kingbird E Phoebe Purple Martin-2 Great Blue Heron-2 Barn Swallow-10+ Wood Thrush Scarlet Tanager-2 males Vireos White-eyed Red-eyed Indigo Bunting Cooper's Hawk E Wood Peewee E Kingbird Campground Rd Orchard Oriole-male Indigo Bunting-male Carolina Wren Red-shouldered Hawk--young C Yellowthroat-male Sailboat Rd(Maintenance Rd) Wood Thrush E Towhee-2 Bald Eagle-Adult-caught fish N Rough-winged Swallow-10+ Chimney Swift-2 Blue Gray Gnatcatcher-2 E Wood Peewee Great Blue Heron-2 Belted Kingfisher Osprey White-eyed Vireo Spotted Sandpiper-adult Lakeview Trail Warblers Yellow-3 male, female, young C Yellowthroat Blue-winged--young female, male American Redstart-2 males, young Yellow-throated--male Vireos White-eyed--young Red-eyed--3 Double-crested Cormorant-5 Baltimore Oriole-male Great Crested Flycatcher Black-billed Cuckoo Carolina Wren Acadian Flycatcher E Bluebird-male-hunting insects Cedar Waxwing Wood Thrush E Wood Peewee-5 Indigo Bunting Great Blue Heron-3 Bald Eagle-young, adult N Rough-winged Swallow-10+ Green Heron-adult Yellow-billed Cuckoo Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Scarlet Tanager-male, female E Towhee-2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak-young female--eating blackberries E Bluebird-female Red-tailed Hawk Wood Thrush-2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Mallard Hairy woodpecker-female, young male Belted Kingfisher Briar Patch Trail Red-eyed Vireo Acadian Flycatcher-3 E Wood Peewee-5 Indigo Bunting E Towhee Cedar Waxwing Wood Thrush C Yellowthroat-male Scarlet Tanager Yellow Warbler Black-billed Cuckoo Mink Trail E Towhee-male,female Acadian Flycatcher-2 White-eyed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo-2 E Wood Peewee-2 Scarlet Tanager Indigo Bunting-2 male, female Belted Kingfisher Wood Thrush C Grackles-flock-100+ Black-billed Cuckoo Louisianna Waterthrush Delware Wildlife Area Warblers Yellow-3 C Yellowthroat-5 Killdeeer Blue-gray Gnatcher Belted Kingfisher-male, female Great Blue Heron-6 Chimney Swift Wood Duck-male, 2 female, 7 young Ring-necked Pheasant-male Willow Flycatcher-7 White-eyed Vireo E Kingbird-4 Indigo Bunting-male Green Heron-adult, young Bald Eagle-adult Mallard-20+ American Kestral Red-headed Woodpecker-2 Warbling Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Bruce Simpson-Naturalist at Blendon Woods Metro Park in Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]