Howdy All! Had a long, but nice day out birding with Kent Miller and Jim Miller. Here are the highlights: Hoover Reservoir: Probable ROYAL TERN - from the dam at Hoover Reservoir between 7:15am - 9:30am. From the looks at the bird I got today I am quite comfortable at least ruling out Elegant Tern. I have no experience with Lesser Crested Tern. Between the pics online and the pics in Harrison's Seabirds of the World, I am left wanting more information. I am planning on coming back to Columbus tomorrow morning for more looks at this bird. Greenlawn Cemetery: Pine Siskin - feeders at the Pit Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - north and west of the Green Bridge missed the Merlin in the trees by the mausoleum with the orange-tiled roof Knox County: Common Raven - seen twice; both times from near the West end of College Hill Road; Bruce Glick reported seeing it earlier today from Reed Road near the farm with the 3 silos close together Pleasant Hill Lake: Common Redpoll - calling fly-over near the boat launch area Funk: Sandhill Crane - calling fly-over birds (maybe 3? only saw one) near the intersection of rt 95 & Funk Rd. Navigation is still a mess with closed/flooded roads everywhere in this area. -Greg Miller Sugarcreek, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]