What a day in St. Mary's today. First I went to the Miami/Erie canal   just south of the  traction line off Cleveland St.  There right off we ran into 2 Golden Winged Warblers ,,, got a few  so-so pics but  got a good positive ID on it .. a life bird for me.We walked  all the way to the other side of rt 33   via the tunnel there and we saw regulars such as  chickadee's , lots of robins , blue herons , indigo buntings ,  and past 33 we seen some great crested flycathchers. WE then went to  the fish hatchery and there seen kingfisher , 2 green herons  geese ,  gulls , mallards , blue herons. WE then went to  the Mercer county wildlife area and see lots of geese ,, blue herons ,  ducks and lideers. Also some  shorebirds that I wasn't able to ID as we didn't have a spotting scope. Then we went over to rt 127 and there is a bay area there ,,, not a good view but we did  find an opening and saw 2 white pelicans , 3 great egrets , an osprey, 6 blue herons and a 4th great egret at a pond channel like area on 127. The golden winged  warbler had to be the  best find . Planning on goin' back tomorrow in hopes to get a reallly good photo of  them.   Russell   Lima,Ohio

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