Blendon Woods Metro Park is located in the northeast corner of Columbus off of I 270 & Rte 161. Take the Little Turtle Way exit. We have lowered Thoreau Lake's water level for the Shorebirds Below is a list of some of the birds seen lately Thoreau Lake Mallards-10 Wood Duck-9 Great Blue Heron Great Egret Belted Kingfisher Spotted Sandpiper E Kingbird-3 E Phoebe-3 C Yellowthroat Yellow Warbler Swallows Tree Bank Barn N Rough-winged Green Heron-4 Red-tailed Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Chimney Swift Cedar Waxwing Killdeer Willow Flycatcher Lake Trail Woodpeckers Pileated Hairy E Wood Peewee Acadian Flycatcher Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Indigo Bunting Hooded Warbler Great Crested Flycatcher Wood Thrush Carolina Wren Red-eyed vireo-2 adults, 2 young Rose-breasted Grosbeak Cuckoos-Look for them in Black Walnut trees Yellow-billed Black-billed Brown Thrasher Nature Center Bird Viewing Area Indigo Bunting Turkeys-males, females, polts ( young) N Flicker Ruby-throated Hummingbird-males, females, & young E Towhee Carolina Wren Tanagers-taking a bath in creek Summer Scarlet Cooper's Hawk Sugarbush Rd Warblers Hooded C Yellowthroat Ovenbird Yellow-throated White-eyed Vireo Turkeys-everywhere We know of 12 females with young. The age (& size) of the polts differ greatly. There are over a 100 Turkeys in this park Great Horned Owl-2nd loop of Goldenrod Trail Screech Owl-Overlook Trail Barred Owl-Hickory Ridge & Ripple Rock Trail Cuckoos-This time of year they are attracted to Black Walnuts which have a large white Caterpillar Yellow-billed Black-billed Cuckoo E bluebirds-We have Bluebird houses all over the park Summer Tanager-Nature Center parking lot-Woodland edge Goldenrod Trail Picnic Areas-Woodland edge Blendon Woods Metro Park in Columbus 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]