By serendipity, I was looking for Am Woodcocks at Pick Ponds yesterday evening just to run into a scheduled Woodcock Walk there. I joined a good-sized group for a stroll along the gravel road behind the Wood Duck ponds. We were rewarded w/a calling male seen by some on the ground before he took off for his aerial show which we watched a few times before heading back. Very nice. Coyotes were in good voice as well as were the Chorus Frogs & Spring Peepers. Spring will arrive someday... Before that, I had brief looks at the Harris' Sparrow by the feeder there as well as good duck viewing: Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal, Redheads, Ring-necked (& Mallards of course), plus Coots & Can Geese. A couple Great Blue Herons & some Tree Swallows. Earlier in the day, I spotted a single Sandhill Crane flying over my housing subdivision on the N side of Lancaster. Peggy Wang Lancaster, 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]