I observed a single, hatch-year Little Blue Heron at Crain's Run Park, Miami Twp., in extreme SW Montgomery County this afternoon 1:45 - 2:45 p.m. The bird was feeding on crayfish on the far bank of the Miami River. At times, it was directly across from the parking lot, but occasionally ranged to about 1/4 mile north. Photos were taken with my iPhone through my scope, since my decent camera's batteries were dead: http://imgur.com/gHP83 http://imgur.com/Cv8UO http://imgur.com/2RjWA Crain's Run is a small riparian park (35 acres or so) operated by the Township and is located on Cincinnati-Dayton Pike between Miamisburg in Montgomery County and Franklin in Warren County. Other birds seen: Great Blue and Green Herons, Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers, Killdeer, Ring-billed Gull, American Black Duck, Wood Duck (females only), Cedar Waxwing (flock of 12 or so), N. Rough-winged Swallow (perhaps 70 perching in a sycamore between sorties over the river). Bird well, Paul Dubuc, Dayton, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]