Happy day to be outside. Tromped through the ravine and heard then saw a 
Louisiana Waterthrush! Once back on top, I realized the funny looking 
Hairy Woodpecker was not a Hairy Woodpecker, rather it was a male Yellow-
bellied Sapsucker! First time I've ever seen one! Then later I saw 2 
females tatooing their row of holes in several sugar maple trees. Bird 
expert friend Kathy N. suggested I saw them while they are on their way 
migrating north. 

Total list of birds seen:
Turkey Vulture     4
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Mourning Dove     4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     2
Downy Woodpecker     3
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Blue Jay     2
American Crow     1
Black-capped Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     2
White-breasted Nuthatch     2
Carolina Wren     1
Eastern Bluebird     1
Gray Catbird     1
Louisiana Waterthrush     1
Dark-eyed Junco     4
Northern Cardinal     5
Brown-headed Cowbird     2
House Finch     2
American Goldfinch     6

Also 2 nesting boxes in my yard have bluebird construction crews busy. 

Other highlights, non bird included:
Crayfish in creek (3 the size of my hand) 
Mourning Cloak butterfly
Cabbage White butterfly (possibly West Virginia White but it was fast and 
didn't land for me to take a good look so probably just cabbage white)
Wildflowers:
- Bloodroot
- Blue Cohosh
- Cut-leaved toothwort
- Broad-leaved toothwort (not quite blooming)
- Coltsfoot
- Sharp lobed hepatica
- Spring beauty
- Trillium (not quite blooming)
- Squirrel Corn
- Yellow Trout Lily (or also called Dog-tooth violet)

Photos at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/christinemcanlis/4490683347/in/photostream/


Guilford Township, Medina county

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