During an outing with the Natty-types of the Metro Parks on the Greenway Trail. I heard and glimpsed through the fieldglass two or so Dickcissels in the prairie area along Darby Creek Drive. From the Cedar Ridge Entrance, enter the Greenway trail and head out just under a mile (its before the bridge over the wet grassy ditch). Having a Spotting scope would help find them since they weren't very close to the path. Its also before greenway trail crosses the road (Darby Crk. Dr). You can see a map here http://www.metroparks.net/MapBattelle.aspx. If you try for these birds familiarize yourself with the di-di-di-dick noise that travels better than the ciss-cissel noises that drown out unless you're right next to them. List of birds there on the prairie: Dickcissel Grasshopper Sparrow Vesper Sparrow (on the old horse race track) Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow Cedar Waxwings Baltimore Orioles Indigo Buntings Blue Gray Gnatcatcher Common Yellowthroat Yellow Warbler Hooded Mergansers Blue-winged Teal (these fowl also seen further down in the more recently built wetlands along the greenway) Near the lodge: Acadian Flycatcher Carolina Wren Wood Thrush Blue-gray Gnatcatchers etc. Good Birding! -Ben Warner ______________________________________________________________________ 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]