Blendon Woods Metro Park is located in the northeast corner of Columbus off of Rte 161 & I 270. Take the Little Turtle Way exit. Below is a list of some of the birds seen this weekend Black-throated Blue Warbler (confirmed by Photo) Friday-Lake Trail-4 females Saturday-East Blind at Thoreau Lake-male Sunday-heard male singing on the Overlook Trail Wild Turkeys-The males are Displaying everywhere. The best place to see them is at the Nature Center Bird Viewing area, Ranger Station Bird Feeders, & at the East Blind at Thoreau Lake. Also there are Bird Feeders in the Picnic grounds where the Turkeys can be seen. Interesting Behavior- There is an American Coot & American Widgeon(male) hanging out together. When the A Coot dove & brought up food, the A Widgeon took some food from the A Coot's mouth. Three more times the A Coot dove, brought up food & dropped food. The A Widgeon then picked up the food Red-shouldered Hawks- A pair was seen for over an hour around Hickory Ridge & Ripple Rock Trail. They were vocalizing a lot. The male(I assume) would spread out its wings and almost stop in midair. You could really see the "Windows". It would then pull in its wings and dive Thoreau Lake Wood Duck-3 males, 3 females Pied-billed Grebe Ring-necked Duck-8 males, 6 females Bufflehead-2 males, female N Shoveler-2 males, 2 females Hooded Merganser-male, 2 females American Coot W Turkeys-2 males, 3 females Great Blue Heron E Phoebe Lake Trail E Bluebird-female Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Yellow-rumped Warblers-6 E Towhee Pileated Woodpecker-nesting cavity in an American Beech-by pipeline cut A Black Duck-10 Nature Center Bird Viewing Area W Turkeys- 2 males(Displaying) & 4 females Fox sparrow House Finches-male singing with female Golden-crowned Kinglet E Towhee Overlook Trail Black-throated Blue Warbler-singing Cooper's Hawk-2 Pileated Woodpecker-2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-male Hickory Ridge Trail Pileated Woodppecker Carolina Wren Cooper's Hawk Ripple Rock Trail Barred Owl-vocalizing at 11:20am. Perched on a branch near the trail & the road Blendon Woods Hotline- 614-895-6222 Nature Center 614-895-62221 Bruce Simpson-Naturalist at Blendon Woods Metro Park ______________________________________________________________________ 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]