Linda kept me company as I monitored my nest boxes at several areas of the
Hoover Nature Preserve this morning. It was a beautiful day both for the birds
in general, and more specifically to me, for the Prothonotary Warbler act
ivity.  The female Prothonotary Warblers are beginning to return in numbers and
things  are activity has picked up pace. At Oxbow Road there were 11 singing
males and  we also observed 3 females. The back cove looked like it was an
episode of The  Bachelor Game. There are 3 males with territories there and only 1
female  present. The female made the rounds as the males sang in the sunlight
and tried  to have her look at their perspective nest sites. Bachelor Number 3
on the east  side won as she found a nest site (one of my nest boxes) that she
seemed to take  to. The male from my perception was the brightest in color,
plus he is one of  the males we banded in 2004. Home field advantage.

At Dustin Road we observed 9 male Prothonotary Warblers and 4 females,
although we heard 4 more males singing. We finished by checking a portion of  Area
N. Linda didn't have boots which prevented further monitoring there. Still  we
located 16 males and 4 females as well as hearing many more singing. It looks
 to be another productive year.

Not to discriminate, we did pay attention to the other birds. Some of the
more interesting species observed include:
Wood Duck  (several pairs)
Spotted Sandpiper
Red-headed Woodpecker (two separate pairs)
Pileated Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Cliff Swallow
Gray-checked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Baltimore Oriole

Charlie Bombaci
Hoover Nature Preserve






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