Today I went with Nancy Brewer to Sandy Ridge (Lorain Co. Metroparks). The Red-headed Woodpeckers and Eastern Bluebirds put on quite a show, especially after the sun came out to reveal their brilliant colors. There was a nice variety of waterfowl, and also sparrows, but we had trouble identifying the sparrows with certainty. One bird flew up from a bench when I almost squashed it with a sack of field guides and snacks, and it landed on Nancy! We barely got a glimpse before it realized its error and flew away. Our list follows.If some of you who know your sparrows get out there, you will probably get a nice list. Great Blue Heron Wood Duck Green-winged Teal Mallard Northern Shoveler American Wigeon Ring-necked Duck Bald Eagle Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Coot Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Black-capped Chickadee Golden-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird European Starling Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow House Finch American Goldfinch ** Penny O'Connor Cleveland 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]