The 1st bird walk as part of the Birds in the Hills Festival this weekend was led by Bruce Simpson, Naturalist at Blendon Woods Metro Park in Columbus. A group of 16 participants pooled in 5 cars birded at five locations along Baptist Chuch Road, Atkinson Ridge Road, and Hope-Moonville Road in Zaleski State Forest. I counted a total of 36 species, including an early morning stroll I took by myself. Bruce knows the area well and led us to experience 12 Wood Warblers! Happy Spring birding! Stefan Gleissberg Athens, Ohio == Canada Goose - Branta canadensis Wood Duck - Aix sponsa Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelina American Robin - Turdus migratorius Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla Louisiana Waterthrush - Parkesia motacilla Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas Hooded Warbler - Setophaga citrina American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla Cerulean Warbler - Setophaga cerulea Northern Parula - Setophaga americana Pine Warbler - Setophaga pinus Yellow-throated Warbler - Setophaga dominica Prairie Warbler - Setophaga discolor Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis ______________________________________________________________________ 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]