I made a visit last Monday to Scioto Grove Metro Park, a one year old park south of Columbus - I don't think I've ever seen any postings on here of anyone birding there, so I decided to check it out. You can google the park and read about its trails, etc. I'm not going to put a list of species here, but I think birders should start regularly checking this park out. I saw a Pileated Woodpecker before I got out of my vehicle, then walked 30 feet and saw an American Redstart. There's 8 miles of trails along the river through a mature riparian forest - migrants and locals were out in force. I couldn't access a lot of these trails due to the recent high water - but still got on some. The river was still quite high last week but I still got to watch six Northern Waterthrush work a small island. The upland areas are meadows, wet meadows and small ponds (saw a Coot on one). And the bluff edge areas were quite active (Baltimore Orioles). I know I'll be a regular visitor here; I only got to see a small part of it last week. Whetstone Park in Columbus: The Red Shouldered Hawk nest was active last Friday when I checked - the chicks are hatched (I've seen two) and the parents were feeding them. Its in a Sycamore right at the Adena Brook parking area. Easy to find. Paul Graham ______________________________________________________________________ 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]