This morning after the rain let up, I went out for a walk around my apartment complex behind Polaris Towne Center in southern Delaware County. I was expecting to see the usual finches, mimids, and corvids, which I did. I also saw a Least Bittern. That was a life bird for me. Fortunately, I was able to get some pictures of it. Then a found a Pie-Billed Grebe on one of the ponds. Although that wasn't a life bird, it was a first for this location. Looking up from the pond, I saw what I believe was a broad-winged hawk down toward Lazelle Rd. It was hovering in the air hunting for its lunch. Is hovering a known hunting technique of the broad-winged hawk? The only other raptors I've ever seen do that are an American Kestrel and a Northern Harrier. It was much too big to be a Kestrel and didn't look like a Harrier. I will post pictures of the bittern and the grebe in the member photo section of the forum shortly. I don't have pictures of the hawk though. Sorry. Al LaSala Columbus, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]