Last Saturday (February 2), I did some birding at several locations in Columbus. It may have been nearly a week ago, but I figured better late than never, right? Greenlawn Cemetery (early morning, near the Pit): Dark-eyed Junco 17 Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 Northern Cardinal 3 Blue Jay 2 European Starling 2 Carolina Chickadee 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 White-throated Sparrow 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 Mourning Dove 3 American Robin 1 American Crow 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler (I think, only got a quick look) 1 Northern Flicker 1 Canada Goose 5 Sharon Woods Metro Park: Edwards S. Thomas Trail C. Chickadee 10 Tufted Titmouse 8 Pileated Woopecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 N. Cardinal 5 Downy Woodpecker 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 5 Mourning Dove 3 Northern Flicker 1 American Robin 20+ E. Starling 13 White-throated Sparrow 1 Blue Jay 4 Carolina Wren 1 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Am. Tree Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 2 Am. Goldfinch (not positive) 1 Spring Creek Trail: Blue Jay 2 N. Cardinal 4 E. Starling 2 Song Sparrow 1 C. Chickadee 3 Am. Robin 20+ Tufted Titmouse 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 Dark-eyed Junco 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Mourning Dove 7 Canada Goose 20+ I stopped by the Hoover Dam on the way to Blendon Woods. There were usual Hooded Mergansers, Canada Geese, Ring-billed Gulls, and Mallards. A few Northern Shovelers were in the stream beyond the spillway. There was a group of Common Goldeneye on the reservoir, and I was fortunate enough to see male/female pair fly from there onto the spillway, so I was treated to a very good look at them. I also met fellow birder Dianna there on the dam. And I saw what might have been a Red-shouldered Hawk, but I am still learning raptors. Then I headed for Blendon Woods, and I ran into Dianna again along with a few other birders. Along with usual Canada Geese, Mallards, and Black Ducks, there were a few treats on the pond: Two Ring-necked Ducks, a pair of American Widgeons, a Redhead, and a Mute Swan. We also spotted an immature Cooper's Hawk. Adam Cirone B.A. in Biology from Muskingum College Senior Reseach on Grassland Birds Columbus, Ohio [log in to unmask] (330) 257-9533 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]