Greetings: I spent the day tooling around a few different locations, and ended with 88 species. Highlights are as follows. Bolton Field, 7am: I heard the Upland Sandpipers clearly calling twice but never managed to visually locate them - there were planes and helicopters taking off and landing, which may have kept their heads low. An American Kestrel was hunting the edge of the airstrip as well. Battelle-Darby Metropark, new property south of Kuhlwein road -7:30am: This area is planted in winter wheat and has some nice puddles. Shorebirds were scarce, but included two Lesser Yellowlegs, about half a dozen Least Sandpipers, a Semipalmated Sandpiper, and the obligatory handful of Killdeer. A pair of Northern Shovelers were present, suggesting a breeding pair, and Blue-winged Teal were here as well. Somewhat unexpected, I had a White-crowned Sparrow in the parking lot. A Great Egret flew over as I left and made my way to Blendon Woods, where I spent about 3 hours, and had a great variety of birds. Blendon highlights: Got Chesnut-sided Warbler and Northern Parula right away at start of Lake Trail. Best variety was right around 8 am on the Lake Trail at the gas line cut-Orange-crowned warbler, Hooded Warbler, Black-throated Green, Black-throated Blue, Blue-winged, Black-and-White,Yellow-rumps, female Cerulean, Blackburnian, Nashville; also Indigo Bunting, Scarlet Tanager, and Warbling, Red-eyed, and Blue-headed Vireos. A Palm Warbler, Yellow Warbler, and an Eastern Phoebe was at the east blind, and on the way back through the Lake Trail, I added Bay-breasted Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, and Baltimore Orioles. A short jog partway down the pet trail yielded a small empidonax sp. (gut feeling was Least, but it was silent and temporary), a female Magnolia Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, Black-throated Green, and Yellow-rumps. A cruise around the Overlook trail was good for Swainson's Thrush, Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Vireo, several Red-eyed Vireos, a couple of Blackburnian Warblers, and a Barred Owl. Notably lacking were the thrushes here; the single Swainson's was the only migrant thrush I had. I made a brief stop at Pickerington Ponds -while there is seemingly good shorebird habitat right in front of the blinds, only a Killdeer was occupying it. The feeder hosting the Harris's Sparrow has been taken down and presumably the bird has found its way to where it needs to be. Finally, I drove by the Yellow-crowned Night-heron nests on Preston Road in Bexley, and observed a pair tending the large nest. If you didn't get out today, I highly recommend getting out to a good migrant spot first thing in the morning tomorrow! Good birding, Andy Sewell 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]