Ispent parts of the last 2 mornings hiking around several ravines off Alum Creek in COlumbus. These ranged from the very natural Spring Creek ravine in Sharon Woods MetroPark to the more fragmented ravines in Innis Park and Maple Canyon. This is prime time to look for unusual breeding birds here, but I limited luck here. All of these ravines are now surrounded by development, some more closely than others, so they don't often have the full set of riparian forest birds. Lots of interesting residents, including Acadian FLycatchers - decent numbers in all 3 ravines Crested Flycatchers - pair with fledgeling at Innis, and another bird at Maple Cyn, but none at Spring Creek Yellow-thr.Vireo - only 1 on territory, at Innis Red-eyed Vireos - good #s in each area Gnatcatchers - several juveniles following parents at each site Wood Thrush - 2-3 on territories at Innis, and another 1-2 at Spring Creek Warblers - no strays, but the expected Yellow-throateds were at Innis & Spring Creek Indigo Bunting - plenty of these little beauties along the wood edges at all 3 sites ______________________________________________________________________ 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]