A spectacular day at Hoover Meadows and Hoover Area N (Sat. AM) for a novice
- these birds were all in full view, full sun, breeding plumage, close and
cooperative:

Yellow Warbler (2 males)
Wood Duck (male)
Baltimore Oriole (male)
Brown Thrasher (pair, always  present lately))
Tree Swallows (many)
Blue Winged Teal (several, always been present lately)

I went to Area N and saw my first Prothonotary Warbler within 3 minutes,
singing loudly, sunlit, close by.  Proceding on, an osprey hovered then
landed in a tree right above me, calling loudly the whole time.

Tom Eshelman
Westerville, OH

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