Friday, April 11 - 9:30 to 11 a.m. What a great morning for waterfowl at the East and North Metroparks. Many of the grebes were in breeding plumage--beautiful! East Metropark: Red-necked grebes - 12 Horned grebes - 6+ Ring-necked ducks Lesser scaups Blue-winged teals Ruddy ducks American coots Hooded mergansers Northern shovelers Buffleheads Gadwalls Mallards Canada geese Tree, barn, and rough-winged swallows Turkey vultures Red-shouldered hawk - up close and personal Field, song, tree, and white-throated sparrows North Park: Pied-billed grebes Buffleheads Green- and blue-winged teals American coots Great blue heron Red-winged blackbirds Song sparrow Tree, barn, and rough-winged swallows Brown-headed cowbirds Canada geese Mallards Turkey vultures American crows At Aullwood Gardens Metropark, Monte Mercer reported 3 yellow-throated warblers along with several yellow-rumped warblers. Also a great egret along the Stillwater River at the entrance to Aullwood Gardens walkway. Happy birding, Ed and Bev Neubauer, Monte Mercer ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]