Got a late start ( Dave had a dentist Appt. this AM ) and I can't drive for 3 more weeks due to a recent surgery. Arrived at the boardwalk about 1PM thinking there would be little activity but it was nice to be out. Highlights: American Bittern took flight from some cattails, Chimmey Swifts overhead, 2 Least Bitterns, Merlin, 2 Baltimore Orioles, 2 Soras heard only. Below is a complete list. Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve--Wake Robin, Lake, Ohio, US May 3, 2017 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: Sunny, slight breeze, 49 degrees 36 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 6 Wood Duck 2 Mallard 3 Blue-winged Teal 6 Bufflehead 1 American Bittern 1 Least Bittern 2 One has been previously reported with a picture; very small bittern with buffy wing patches Great Blue Heron 1 Green Heron 3 Turkey Vulture 2 Bald Eagle 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sora 2 Heard only Killdeer 3 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 3 Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 32 3 different groups, also single individuals Mourning Dove 1 Chimney Swift 13 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Merlin 1 Purple Martin 1 Tree Swallow 6 Barn Swallow 1 Tufted Titmouse 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Gray Catbird 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Song Sparrow 6 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 8 Common Grackle 1 Baltimore Oriole 2 House Sparrow 8 Great Day, Sally Isacco, Chardon ______________________________________________________________________ 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]