Linda and I took a walk at Hoover Meadows this afternoon. Activity was light as it was mid afternoon but it was good enough to make a beautiful afternoon walk even better. Major maintenance has been done on the Bluebird Trail and there were bluebirds all along the paths as we walked. Five Tom Wild Turkeys were courting (?) or harassing (?) a hen close to the middle wetland, fanning their tails and strutting their stuff. She did not seem all that impressed with the boys. Sounds like a middle school dance. A pair of Swamp Sparrows were flitting around at the big dead trees at the third wetland. Towhees were calling as we walked the trail that follows the east side of the meadows. The rest of the bird species present were the regular gang of common birds found everywhere. Spring peepers, tree frogs, wood frogs, green frogs and Leopard frogs were everywhere which made me wonder why there were no herons to be found. At least we can look forward to the arrival of the warblers and other songsters as the month moves along. Charlie B. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]