Last evening we enjoyed the hiking stick program woodcock walk at Sandy Ridge Reservation, led by Tim, the naturalist. In spite of the incredibly loud spring peepers, we heard multiple woodcocks peenting and doing their aerial displays and dive bombs in the meadow. One took off into the air fairly close to our group. Prior to seeing the woodcocks at dusk, our walk went out to the marsh and spotted the following: Blue-gray gnatcatcher Great-horned owls (youngsters sitting on their nest and nearby adult perched in a tree) Bald eagles (2) Red-winged blackbirds Red-headed woodpecker Canada Geese Mallards Tree Swallows European starling American Robins Ruddy Ducks Great Egrets Great-blue heron Turtles Muskrat Water snake Deer Dragonfly Patty McKelvey Sheffield Village Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would I fly away and be at rest. P.S. Nice to see you Jeanne! ______________________________________________________________________ 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]