I was out this morning to several wetlands west and south of Wooster, Wayne county, including Funk Bottoms and Wilderness Rd, and Messner Rd in the Killbuck wildlife area. I saw nearly 50 species in 3 hours, so things are picking up, though the waterfowl numbers are down quite a bit from a week or two ago. Sightings included: DC cormorant - 2 GB heron - 1 Canada goose - several Black duck - 12 Mallard - 40 Pintail - 30 Blue-wing teal - 16 Green-wing teal - 15 Am. widgeon - 2 Shoveler - 18 Wood duck - 2 pair Redhead - 18 Ring-necked duck - 60 Ruddy duck - 1 pair Songbirds included FOY rough-winged swallow Ponds northwest of Wooster had five loons and I had a yellow-bellied sapsucker in my backyard. Randy Rowe, Wooster ______________________________________________________________________ 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]