Friday, April 19: We visited Metzger Marsh and the surrounding flooded fields Friday afternoon and in spite of the high winds we were able to enjoy the following species: Horned larks Northern harrier Killdeers Great blue herons Great egrets Herring gull Blue- and green-winged teals Northern shovelers Gadwalls Kingfishers Double-crested cormorants American wigeons Spotted sandpiper Barn, tree, and rough-winged swallows Ruddy ducks Mute swans Coopers hawk Lesser yellowlegs (Krause Rd.) Dunlins (Krause Rd.) Pectoral sandpipers (Krause Rd.) BSBO Center area: White-crowned and white-throated sparrows Dark-eyed juncos Yellow-shafted flicker Red-winged blackbirds Bald eagle (immature) American coots Blue-winged teals Northern shovelers Hoping for milder winds on Saturday, Ed and Bev Neubauer Englewood, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]