I had a little time to visit a few areas around this south Columbus suburb this morning as the weather cleared. I hiked around the Blacklick bikepath south of US 33, and also birded Cruiser Pond and the flooded fields along old Hamilton Rd and Shannon Rd. Birds were similar to what I found at nearby 3-Creeks Park yesterday, with the notable addition of wetland species. Highlights in a bit over an hour of birding included: Great Blue Heron - 1 pair with nest, Cruiser Pond Wood Ducks - 2 pair, Cruiser Pond Blue-winged Teal - 2 pair, Old Hamilton fields Green-winged teal - 1 pair, Cruiser Pond Redhead - 6+, Old Hamilton fields Lesser Scaup - 5, Old Hamilton fields Ring-necked Duck - 2, Old Hamilton fields Bufflehead - 3+ Shannon Road ponds Amer.Kestrel - 1, Shannon Road ponds Kildeer - 6+, Old Hamilton fields Lesser Yellowlegs - 8, Old Hamilton fields Greater Yellowlegs - 4, Old Hamilton fields Wilson's Snipe - 1, Old Hamilton fields Pileated Woodpecker - 1, Blacklick bikepath Tree Swallows - flock of 40+, Shannon Road ponds Winter Wren - 2 singing, Blacklick bikepath Golden-cr.Kinglet - 4, Blacklick bikepath Brown Thrasher - 2 singing, Blacklick bikepath E.Towhee - 6, Blacklick bikepath Field Sparrows - 2 sing, Blacklick bikepath Fox Sparrow - 3, Blacklick bikepath White-thr.Sparrows - 25+, Blacklick bikepath Junco - 6+, Blacklick bikepath E.Meadowlark - 1 singing, Cruiser Pond ______________________________________________________________________ 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]