Was not able to relocate the Red-necked Phalarope tonight at Pickerington Ponds Metro Park in the pond to the north of the Wood Duck viewing blind off of Bowen Road. Other reports from people who tried earlier today were similar, it seems the little lady has gone north. BUT there were some very nice breeding condition STILT SANDPIPERS, and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, amongst the other birds present. At Blacklick Woods Metro Park just north of there I had a decent day of birds. The feeders at the Nature Center (open 12-8pm) were a good place to hang out with multiple Indigo Buntings, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Field Sparrows, Eastern Towhee, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Hairy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, juvenile Downy Woodpeckers!, and on the pond beyond we saw a mother Wood Duck with her 5 ducklings, Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Mallards, and our misguided American Wigeon who is still hanging around his female mallard. Not to mention the White-tailed deer, Coyote, Muskrat, Raccoon, E. Cottontail, E. Chipmunks, E. Gray Squirrel, and E. Fox Squirrels we've seen out the windows too. We may have some odd looking ducklings in the near future. heres a list of highlights for each locale. Pickerington Ponds Stilt Sandpiper - 2 White-rumped Sandpiper - 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper - 4+ Least Sandpiper - 50 Pectoral Sandpiper - 2+ Spotted Sandpiper - 2 Greater Yellowlegs - 1 Lesser Yellowlegs - 2 Semipalmated Plover - 6 Killdeer Blue Winged Teal - 10 Great Blue Heron Rookery - apprx. 10 nests with 3 young per nest, exercising their wings Red-Taled Hawk Osprey on tower Baltimore Oriole Orchard Oriole Common Yellowthroat Yellow Warbler Eastern Kingbird Willow Flycatcher Blacklick Woods Metro Park Northern Parula Hooded Warbler Tennessee Warbler American Redstart Yellow-throated Warbler Ovenbirds Yellow Warbler Common Yellowthroat Yellow-breasted Chat Black-throated Green Warbler Magnolia Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Swainson's Thrush Gray Cheeked Thrush Wood Thrush Eastern Bluebird Acadian Flycatcher Eastern Wood Pewee Eastern Phoebe Willow Flycatcher Great-crested Flycatcher Scarlet Tanager Baltimore Oriole Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Pileated Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Green Heron Great-blue Heron American Wigeon Wood Duck Ruby-throated Hummingbird Good Birding, Ben Warner - Naturalist at Blacklick Woods Metro Park. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]