Hi to all Ohio birders,

Had a situation happen this morning that scared the heck out of me.  I was 
sitting at the dining room table reading the paper when I heard a thud hit 
the window next to me.  Never a good thing.  My wife and I looked out the 
window to see what had hit the window.  I didn't immediately notice 
anything.  Than laying in between some logs I have standing on the patio I 
use as a blind for photographing my feeder birds I saw a little green lump 
laying there.  At first I couldn't tell what it was but than it slid 
slightly on its side.  I knew at once it was a warbler and it's little wing 
was laying splayed out at its side.  I went out to check on the little 
fella hoping/praying he was OK.  When I got out there he was breathing very 
fast and shutting his eyes.  I reached down and as gently as I could 
touched his wing to see if it would tuck back in.  Luckily it did without 
effort.  The bird kind of sat up but still wasn't moving.  He was kind of 
in between two logs and I could only see his back and part of his face and 
knew I had never seen this warbler before.  I told my daughter to get my 
Birds of Ohio book and started tearing through the warblers to see what he 
was.  Turns out it was a Kentucky Warbler.  A lifer for me.  Definitely not 
how I ever want to get a life bird.  When my daughter brought out the book 
the backdoor shut kind of loud and this caused the bird to flutter in the 
air and land out in the middle of the patio.  I felt slightly relieved and 
hoped he could eventually fly.  I decided I was going to sit with him to be 
sure he didn't end up somebodies free meal.  After about five minutes he 
hopped up into the air and flew to the bushes that border the back of our 
property.  I sat and watched where he flew in the bushes for a few minutes 
and saw him moving around so I think he was alright.  Scary stuff but what 
a gorgeous little fella.  I know I was very freaked out and would have been 
very upset if things hadn't turned out so well.  As they say though alls 
well that ends well.

Take Care,

Matt Vosniak

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