Today I made several stops on Hoover and saw many different and intereting 
things.  The first stop was Oxbow Recreation Area.  Highlights were 
prothonotory warblers, Baltimore orioles, tree swallows, great crested 
flycatcher, etc.  Cedar Waxwings were the most numerous bird there.  I 
even saw one carrying nesting material.  Two green herons were playing a 
game of chase.  As I was leaving I saw some birds chasing a cat across 
Oxbow Rd.  They doubled back and sat on the wire along the road.  They 
were barn swallows.
Next stop was the boardwalk at Galena.  The first thing I saw was a pair 
of Carolina wrens building a nest under the rear bumper of the car I 
parked beside.  Both of the osprey parents were at the nest bending 
forward every now and then to feed their young.  A common loon set down on 
the water near the osprey nest.  The father didn't seem to like this at 
all and kept swooping at the loon.  Every time he did, the loon would go 
under water.  Other highlights were cliff swallows, barn swallows, a 
prothonotory warbler, and an indigo bunting.
Next stop Mudhen Marsh.  Several red-headed woodpeckers made an 
appearance.  Cedar waxwings abounded here as well.  A ruby-throated 
hummingbird was flitting around the side of the small pond.  Also 
seen:indigo bunting, northern flicker, red-bellied woodpecker,red-tailed 
hawk, etc.
The last stop of the day and the one with the two most unexpected 
sightings was the dam.  From the top of the dam I saw a red-throated loon 
and a female common merganser.  The usual Canada geese, mallards, ring-
billed gulls, and cliff swallows were there. Below the dam I counted 8 
great blue herons.   Also seen: tree swallows,red-tailed hawk, turkey 
vultures at their usual roost, etc.

Al La Sala
Columbus, OH

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