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

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