Shortly ago a Wilson's phalarope was dodging in and out of the cattails at Arrowhead Marsh at Pickerington Ponds MP in Franklin Co. Also intermittently visible from the observation deck was a pair of sandhill cranes on the far side of the marsh, just right of the largest bur oak. Ellis Pond has growing muddy margins, but little other than yellowlegs and killdeers to show for it. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]