A group of three of us and 1 dog went hiking Saturday morning along the Olentangy River down to the Wetlands and back. Not much of interest except watching 2 crows, each briefly chasing a male Belted Kingfisher along the edge of the river.. One of the kingfishers had a minnow in its mouth and finally alit on a branch extending over the river. Belted Kingfisher- 2 American Crow- 2 White-thoated Sparrow -3 Red-tailed Hawk- 1 Downy Woodpecker - 1 American Robins- 3 Northern Cardinal- 3 Mallards and Canadian Geese - many There was also a flyover of a gaggle of about 30 Canadian Geese in a loose formation at about 1,000 feet in altitude on a NNW heading. Gary Moon Columbus,Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]