This afternoon about 1/3 to 1/2 mile west of st.rt. 121 on New Madison-Coletown Road in southern Darke County, 
Carol Hathaway and I discovered 3 adult sandhill cranes.  Are they late migrants or could they be nesting?

Before that find, we were birding at a friend's farm/nature area in southern unglaciated Darke County near the origin of the Whitewater River.

Cooper's hawks 2
killdeer
mo dove
red bellied woodpecker 3
flicker 2
empid flycatcher 1
e. phoebe 1
red eye vireo 1
bluejays
crows
C. chickadee
tufted titmouse
wh. br. nuthatch
house wren 4 or more
ruby-crowned kinglet 2
veery ?
wood thrush
robins
catbirds
starling
yellow warbler at least 4 singing males
yellow-rumped warblers 3
palm warbler 1
common yellowthroat 1
E. towhee 2
chipping sparrow 15
field sparrow  7
song sparrow 2
white crowned sparrow singing 1
white throated sparrow 3
cardinals
redwing bb
cowbirds
gold finches

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