Least Bitterns active this morning (2 confirmed, but possibly/probably at least 3) between 6:30-8:00 (and beyond?) at Glacier Ridge Metro Park (Columbus area) in the "circle pond" by the parking lot and the ponds on either side of the boardwalk. Probable King Rail(s) also reportedly heard (but not seen) at both locations. I was there during roughly the same period on Monday (7/18) and saw at least 5 different Virginia Rails and 4 Soras AT THE SAME TIME from the observation platform. Quite the Rail-Fest. Good birding to all. Mike Yough Glen Echo/Columbus -- "Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels he is 'finding his place in it,' while really it is finding its place in him." -C.S. Lewis (from The Screwtape Letters) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]