Visited the Columbus Audubon Center today. Strolled down to the bike trail that follows the river and saw some waterfowl: 3 Hooded Mergansers 12 Black Ducks 21 Ring-billed Gulls 5 Goldfinch 3 House Finch 2 Cardinals 14 Mallards 2 Green-wing Teal Can't wait to spring/summer when the wetland areas will be full of water and native water plants. Robert at CREATE A WILDLIFE FRIENDLY YARD http://wildlifefriendlylawn.blogspot.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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]