Sorry for the delay, but my ISP had issues with my browser. I visited these park areas southeast of Columbus back on Thursday, and had lots of the expected summer residents, though some unusual numbers on a few. Notable were: Great Egrets - 22 were crowded into the Wood Duck marsh at Pick Ponds, many with nuptial plumes. Since it seem far for the Shrum Mound birds to commute, I suspect there may be a closer rookery. Cuckoo - despite being in prime habitat, I could only find 1 Yellow-billed all morning. Brown Thrashers - at least 1 was at nearly every stop; Chatterton had 3. They seem to be profiting from the succesional growth along many of these park areas Black&White Warbler - 1-2 often summer in the grapevine tangles along the Blacklick Creek Greenway. I had 1 bird singing along the bikepath just north of Cruiser Park Yellow-br.Chat - 1 was singing at Pick POnds (Meadowlark Trail), and 2 more were along the Blacklick Creek Greenway. They may be taking advantage of the same habitat as the thrashers. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]