A quick check of the pond showed 3 x Cormorants and a small of flock of something too far out (prob Mallards) Driving out of the parking lot I stopped to check out a probable Woodpecker and got the unexpected delight of some good looks at a very plump and brightly colored male Yellow Bellied Sapsucker. Mary "Animals are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time," Henry Beston ______________________________________________________________________ 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]