Surprisingly the bald eagle on the far west side of Franklin County is still there. He was at Prairie Oaks-Darby Bend Lakes today (just off Amity Road) around 5:00 p.m. He stayed in the tree for quite a while. I was even able to go home and get my husband and get back and he was still there. Do you suppose he is looking for a place to build a nest? Wow, what a blessing to have him in this area. For anyone who isn't familiar with these parks out this way, you can access them from I-70 West. Get off at Rt. 142 and go north (to the right). Prairie Oaks is just about a mile north on the right side of the road. Prairie Oaks-Darby Bend Lakes is on Amity Road. To get there from the freeway, turn left on Rt. 142, go over the I-70 freeway and turn left at the first street (High-Free Pike). Follow this a short distance until you see Roberts Road. Turn left. At the first stop sign (Amity Road), turn left. The park is about 2 miles up on the left. Happy Birding, Verna Ansel Galloway, OH (Franklin Co.) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]