I spent a couple hours this afternoon at some central Columbus birding hotspots. Highlights follow (Detailed directions to many of these locations can be found at the Ohio Ornithological Society web page, while Google will likely make up for the rest): Greenlawn Cemetery: Lots of activity! at the Pit, I had 1 brown thrasher, about 12 golden-crowned kinglets, two yellow-bellied sapsuckers, and a chipping sparrow, among loads of dark-eyed juncos and a smattering of white-throated sparrows. At the Bridge, I had four more thrashers, a hermit thrush, four fox sparrows, another sapsucker, and two winter wrens. There were a few towhees and song sparrows about as well. I had an adult Bald Eagle circling over the cemetery as well. I also noted a female cardinal carrying nesting material. I had no warblers though. Scioto Audubon Metro Park: the Scioto River is still pretty high, so the only water birds present were cormorants, geese, and a ring-billed gull. I checked out the wetland development area as well, but only managed to turn up a mallard and a coot. I did have an Eastern Meadowlark in this area, though. Preston Road, Bexley: I did a drive-by for the Yellow-crowned Night Herons, which did not disappoint - two in the larger nest and a third perched in the tree. Jeffrey Park, Bexley: Loaded with robins, I couldn't find any other thrushes however. I did have two brown creepers and what must have been a good dozen sapsuckers though, and there was a male wood duck on the river. I also observed a pair of carolina wrens gathering nesting material. Good birding, Andy Sewell 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]