Today Bill Heck joined me at the Hoover Nature Preserve to recover and
reinstall Prothonotary Warbler nest boxes downed by the recent storm. All  the nest
boxes in Area M, Area N and Mudhen Marsh are now back up and ready.  That
accounts for 72 nest boxes. That means only 178 left to either check for  storm
damage or clean and do maintenance. I considered it a good productive  effort
that couldn't have been done without Bill's assistance and encouragement.
Columbus Audubon is very lucky to count him within their ranks. I greatly
appreciate all the help he has been to me this year.

We did slow down at one point. Being birders we couldn't resist observing
the birds that were flitting around as we worked and walked. We had an owl take
flight before getting a good look, we think it was the resident Barred Owl at
 Mudhen Marsh. There were warblers feeding and flitting about at Mudhen
Marsh, as  well as some distant shorebirds (no spotting scope - already had enough
to lug  around). Area M also had shorebirds, but sans a spotting scope we
could only  identify those very close. There did appear to be a variety on the
mudflats and  with a scope it would be worth a look.

Species we did identify included:
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Snow Goose     (injured bird that has been around  for several years)
Graylag Geese    (Corrupting the Snow Goose)
Canada Geese
Wood Duck   (1 drake, 1 hen)
Mallard
Osprey
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Dowitcher (sp)
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Barred Owl    (?)
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Tennessee Warbler
Northern Parula
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Scarlet Tanager
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow


Charlie Bombaci
Hoover Nature Preserve




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