In the steady rain, at 4:30 this afternoon I had Frohring Meadows entirely to myself. Undisturbed, in the marsh, I saw a Virginia Rail walking around on some flattened vegetation, completely in the open. The best and longest views I've ever had. The same for a Sora, busily feeding near the edges of the marsh, and preening from a perch in the reed bed. The only other birds that I could find in the marsh were the abundant red wings and a lone greater yellowlegs. Flying over the fields, and feeding on the edge of the grass were three Wilson's Snipe. A few Savannah Sparrows kicked up wherever I walked. Yesterday I saw several Vesper Sparrows in the little wooded patch before the power lines, but I didn't attempt to locate them in the rain today. Inga Schmidt Geauga County ______________________________________________________________________ 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]