Hi all, The route back from southeastern Ohio took me not far from the Pickaway County/Charlie's Pond Black Rail, and I heard it once, well, at 12:20 pm. Lately the calls seem to come primarily from the south side of Radcliff Rd., and on the west side of the line of silver maple trees in the center of the slough. Be surprising if there wasn't a nesting attempt in progress here, I'd think. Jim Jim McCormac Columbus, Ohio Like nature? Visit my blog: http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/ Like birds? Join the Ohio Ornithological Society: http://www.ohiobirds.org ______________________________________________________________________ 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]