Blendon Woods is located in the northeast corner of Columbus off of I 270 & Rte 161. Take the Little Turtle Way exit. This last week many types of Waterfowl have been seen at Thoreau Lake. Below is a list of some of the birds seen at Thoreau Lake & other parts of Blendon Woods. The number after the bird is the most seen at one time(not a total) Thoreau Lake Ring-necked-20 male, 2 female American Black Duck-226 Mallard-26 Gadwall-13 American Widgeon-male Wood duck-pair Redhead-male C Pintail-male, 3 female Green-winged Teal-3 female N Shoveler-male Canvasback-male Lesser Scaup-3 male, 3 female Bufflehead-3 male E Towhee-2 male Lake Trail Pileated Woodpecker-possble making nesting cavity on pipeline cut Yellow-rumped Warbler-2 Red-tailed Hawk-Adult Sugarbush Rd Red-shouldered Hawk- Adult-intersection of Sugarbush Rd & Cherry Bottom Rd. Hairy Woodpecker-male Barred Owl- seen at the beginning of Sugarbush Rd & Sugarbush Trail-seen many times Pileated Woodpecker Cooper's Hawk E Towhee-male Nature Center Bird Viewing Area Pine Siskin A Tree Sparrow-6 Dark-eyed Junco-4 Carolina Wren White-throated Sparrow-2 Hairy Woodpecker-male & female Song Sparrow-2 N Mockingbird Blendon Woods Metro Park Hotline- 614-895-6222 Nature Center 614-895-6221 Bruce Simpson-Naturalist at Blendon 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]