Hello, I took another morning walk on the Hilliard Village jogging trail (suburb west of Columbus), this time with my son. I got a very similar list to a couple days ago, but was quite surprised to find a pair of Red-breasted Nuthatches feeding in a couple of conifers (firs, I think, small cones pointing upward). That is the first time I have seen them in Columbus other than at Greenlawn Cemetery. Seems kinda late for a R-b Nuthatch, but there was no question about the ID...I saw them both very well with binoculars. Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers were even more abundant than 2 days ago (when I saw 8)....this morning I am estimating 13 within a 1.5 hour walk. Counting was challenging because there were so many, keeping track of individuals was tough. There were several times that I could see 3-5 sapsuckers from one vantage point! (once there were 3 on the same trunk!) I also saw 2 Fox Sparrows, a Hermit Thrush, and 2 (poss 3) Brown Thrashers, among other expected finds. Yesterday morning at Battelle-Darby Creek MP I saw 2 Hermit Thrushes, a Winter Wren, about 10 Tree Swallows, several Phoebes, a pair of Bluebirds, and others. Good birding! Nate Nye ______________________________________________________________________ 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]