Thanks for the report. I would love it if people frequenting Huffman Prairie keep an eye peeled for immature Boblinks to get an idea if their nest attempt succeeded or not. The male RN Pheasant has been seen for the last few months, I suspect he is a survivor of the release and hunts from the other side of the fence (its the base mini 'shooting preserve'. We need to get him a mate, he's so alone. He's the most technicolor pheasant I've ever seen. Mary, Fairborn P.S. Looked for the Horned Grebe at Huffman Metropark pond with no luck. Lots of human activity, very nice evening. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 14:15:58 -0400 From: Kevin Myers <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Bobolinks & Dickcissels at Huffman Prairie Mary's following post prompted me to mention that I did see Bobolinks and Dickcissels at Huffman Prairie on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (near Fairborn in Greene County and Dayton in Montgomery County). This was last Saturday, June 1st. A few Bobolinks were in the large central portion of the prairie, towards the southwestern end. I never saw more than two or three at a time. There was a handful of Dickcissels, many of them singing from the tops of small tree and shrubs at the eastern end of the prairie near the shed. In the area that Mary mentioned on the northern side of the prairie, there was a lot of activity of more common species such as Common Yellowthroat, Orchard Oriole, and Indigo Bunting. A pleasant surprise was a Ringed-Necked Pheasant scurrying across the road and disappearing into the grass. Kevin ______________________________________________________________________ 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]