This afternoon there were two Sandhill Cranes in Pintail Marsh at Pickerington Ponds Metro Park. Pintail Marsh is in the Fairfield County portion of the park. These are probably the same two birds which have been reported several times in Arrowhead Marsh, in the Franklin County portion of the park. I estimate the two locations to be about three-quarters of a mile apart. The only other birds in Pintail Marsh were one Great Egret, plus a number of Mallards and Wood Ducks. The mudflats near the Ellis Pond viewing deck are getting a little larger as the water level falls, but today there were only two Solitary Sandpipers and a Killdeer there. Gene Stauffer Grove City ______________________________________________________________________ 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]