It was nice to hear Brad Spark's enthusiastic report from Shawnee yesterday.  I had a few hours this morning to look around Scioto Trail State Forest, and I was kind of shocked by the relatively low numbers of birds and the poor condition of the trees. The treetop dwellers were really scarce for the date, but the seeing how few leaves were in what should have been a canopy it was no wonder.  Birds of the understory were behind in numbers for the date too, but not as alarmingly.  I covered most, but not all the roads, and here are the numbers I ended up with :


2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
2 White-eyed Vireos
1 Blue-headed Vireo
6 Yellow-throated Vireos
11 Red-eyed Vireos
11 Wood Thrushes
2 Brown Thrashers
1 Gray Catbird
9 Blue-winged Warblers
2 Nashville Warblers
2 Northern Parulas
2 Yellow Warblers
~25 Yellow-rumped Warblers
7 Black-throated Green Warblers
9 Yellow-throated Warblers
1 Pine Warbler
1 Prairie Warbler
4 Cerulean Warblers (YIKES!!!!)
6 Black-and-white Warblers
9 American Redstarts
6 Worm-eating Warblers
34 Ovenbirds
3 Louisiana Waterthrushes
5 Kentucky Warblers
1 Common Yellowthroat
17 Hooded Warblers
1 Summer Tanager
12 Scarlet Tanagers
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Indigo Bunting
5 Baltimore Orioles

For comparison here is a count from Scioto Trail on April 30, 2003. I probably covered a little bit more that day, but it couldn't have been that much more :

1 Eastern Wood-Peewee
1 Acadian Flycatcher
1 Least Flycatcher
4 Great Crested Flycatchers
9 White-eyed Vireos
6 Blue-headed Vireos
9 Yellow-throated Vireos
1 Warbling Vireo
102 Red-eyed Vireos
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Hermit Thrush
53 Wood Thrushes
2 Brown Thrashers
7 Gray Catbirds
22 Blue-winged Warblers
17 Tennessee Warblers
26 Nashville Warblers
8 Northern Parulas
2 Yellow Warblers
2 Chestnut-sided Warblers
2 Black-throated Blue Warblers
55 Yellow-rumped Warblers
34 Black-throated Green Warblers
6 Blackburnian Warblers
11 Yellow-throated Warblers
2 Pine Warblers
1 Palm Warbler
2 Blackpoll Warblers
35 Cerulean Warblers
19 Black-and-white Warblers
19 American Redstarts
16 Worm-eating Warblers
106 Ovenbirds
4 Louisiana Waterthrushes
14 Kentucky Warblers
2 Common Yellowthroats
40 Hooded Warblers
4 Yellow-breasted Chats
4 Summer Tanagers
48 Scarlet Tanagers
17 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
72 Indigo Buntings
14 Baltimore Orioles

Bob Royse

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