Blendon Woods 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 some of the Birds that spend the summer at Blendon Woods & were seen lately Thoreau Lake Herons Great Blue Green Mallard-female with 5 ducklings Wood Duck-female with 2 ducklings Warblers C Yellowthroat Yellow E Phoebe E Kingbird Red-tailed Hawk Barn Swallow Spotted Sandpiper Willow flycatcher Chimney Swift Cedar Waxwing Lake Trail Cooper's Hawk Woodpeckers Pileated Woodpecker Hairy Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Indigo Bunting C Yellowthroat E Wood Peewee Acadian Flycatcher Carolina Wren E Bluebird Hickory Ridge, Brookside, & Overlook Trails Wood Thrush Tanagers Scarlet Summer Great Crested Flycatcher Red-eyed Vireo Sugarbush Road Warblers Yellow-throated C Yellowthroat Hooded Ovenbird White-eyed Vireo Yellow-billed & Black-billed Cuckoos-Overlook Trail Red-shouldered Hawk-Ripple Rock Trail Yellow-throated Vireo-Overlook Trail Turkeys-male flocks, females with young -All over the park especially around Bird feeders Barred Owl-Hickory Ridge & Ripple Rock Trails E Bluebird-picnic areas & Lake Trail Nature Center Bird Viewing area Ruby-throated Hummingbird House Finch E Towhee Indigo Bunting Rose-breasted Grosbeak Summer Tanager Turkeys You can see Birds taking a bath in our creek outside the window This weekend we are getting cool temperatures & lower humidity. Take advantage of this change of weather & come to Blendon Woods & see some Birds Blendon Woods Metro Park 614-895-6221 Bruce Simpson-Naturalist a 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]