It was a beautiful afternoon to bird at Sandy Ridge. The woodpeckers in the woods were very vocal. I'm getting used to my new scope and my sightings included: Red-bellied Woodpeckers White-breasted Nuthatch Red-headed Woodpeckers Mallards Pied-billed Grebes Gadwalls Northern Shovelers American Coots Eastern Bluebirds Great Blue Heron Downy Woodpeckers Green-winged Teals American Wigeons Northern Pintails Tree Sparrow Blue Jay Song Sparrows Ruddy Ducks Double-crested Cormorant Tufted Titmouse Canada Goose At my home feeders and pond: Red-winged Blackbirds Mourning Doves House Sparrows House Finches ever-present Mallards Canada Geese Enjoy the weekend - weather's predictions to be nice! Patty McKelvey Sheffield Village, 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]