I hope folks are keeping track of sandhill crane nestings in the state, which are obviously increasing; I think it would be useful to keep Ohio Cardinal editor Craig Caldwell advised. I just heard from Troy Shively that he'd seen young with adults at Indian Lake SP this afternoon. The Franklin Co Metro Parks have had two active nest sites recently, with none known before. Quite possibly all these sites were crane nesting areas many years ago, and the ones that remain relatively undisturbed are hosting them again. I like to think there is some racial memory among the tribe that leads them to return to these spots, but maybe not. Look at the pathetic one county (Huron) in Peterjohn's "The Birds of Ohio" (2001, pg 161) and compare with the ones found in the latest Breeding Bird Atlas ( http://bird.atlasing.org/Atlas/OH/Main?cmd=stateSummary&theme=species&edition=current&species=sancra&species=Go ) to get an idea of what's been happening. That OBBA atlas map is out of date already. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]