v Blendon Woods Metro Park is located in the northeast corner of Columbus off of I 270 & Rte 161. Take the Little Turtle Way exit. Below is a list of the Birds seen the last few days. Thoreau Lake American Wigeon-3 males & female Redhead-11 males, female Lesser Scaup-pair Greater Scaup-3 females Gadwall-3 males- female American Black Duck-532+ Mallard-49+ Swans-2- Green-winged Teal-2 pair Ring-necked Duck-male Canvasback-female Red-tailed Hawk Lake Trail Red-headed Woodpecker-young-getting Adult plumage Hairy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker-a pair have been very active in this area Carolina Wren E Bluebird Goldenrod Trail Yellow-rumped Warbler Nature Center Bird Viewing area House Finch-2 males Dark-eyed Juncos White-throated Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Cooper's Hawk Turkeys-at the Bird feeders at the Nature Center, East Blind at Thoreau Lake & at the Bird feeders in the Picnic areas. They are starting to "Display" Barred Owls-along the Hickory Ridge Trail, Ripple Rock Trail, & the first section of the Sugarbush Trail. They are communicating between the male & female Blendon Woods Metro Park Hotline 614-895-6222 Nature center 614-895-6221 Bruce Simpson-Naturalist at Blendon Woods Metro Park in 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]