I had my first chance in a while to get out of town and headed SE today. The first stop was Zaleski, where I saw pretty much the same list of resident birds mentioned by Daniel Weber yesterday, Migrants in general were few. Early in the morning I came across my first Bay-breasted Warbler of the year as well as several each of Nashville, Tennessee, and Blackburnian Warblers. That was pretty much it, and I didn't even see a Yellow-rumped. North of Zaleski SF on Rt. 93 there is a field with broom sedge that hosts several Henslow's Sparrows. This field, which is just south of the Hocking/Vinton Co. line, is private property, but the sparrows can be heard from the road.
At mid-day I headed into Athens Co. to check out some areas of the Wayne NF. The successional habitat was loaded with Blue-winged Warblers, Y-b Chats, etc.. I also saw 3 Y-b Cuckoos. Since that area has a history of hosting hybrid Blue-winged, I did my best to get a look at as many as I could. I did find one peculiar Blue-winged that had some black feathers on the throat suggestive of a Lawrence's, but it also had some black feathers on the top of its head, which isn't a trait of either the B-w or G-w. I didn't take a camera along today, but it was probably just a regular Blue-winged with a few extra black feathers. If anyone out there wants to look for the bird, please email me privately for directions.
The next stop was the Clear Creek Valley where I hiked the Hemlock and Fern Trails hoping for Canada Warblers. If any are there yet, they weren't singing. About a dozen B-t Green and 2 Magnolia Warblers seemed to be on territory, persistently singing right through the late afternoon from the same location.
I still hadn't seen a Yellow-rumped all day, so when I got home I took a quick look along the Scioto River here in Columbus and found a grand total of one. That bird along with a Chestnut-sided here brought my warbler tally for the day to 25 (no Palms anywhere that I checked out).
Bob Royse
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