The north pool at Darby MP was pretty quiet, despite a recent dearth of rain. The grassland had plenty of singing dickcissels and grasshopper sparrows, and probably lots of silent hungry ticks. The pool was nearly full, with the expected common waterfowl as well as a very late-abiding horned grebe in breeding plumage and a few yellowlegs. This water is not deep, as yellowlegs have been foraging over most of it over the past month; only a bit more dry weather, such as is predicted for the coming week, will invite shorebirds as it did last year. Except for waders, the county has a great 2012 list thus far. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]