Most of my birding day was spent in Clermont County, with a little in the eastern part of Hamilton.  I had to alter my plans somewhat, because of road closures from high water (Ohio River at 54ft today, flood stage is 52ft.)  I started at home (Felicity, SE Clermont County) and drove south to Chilo Lock #34 Park, on the Ohio River, proceeded west on SR 52 with stops at the Meldahl Dam, the boat ramp at Neville, and Front St in New Richmond.  I couldn't get to the ball fields on Kellogg Ave in Hamilton County: the road was closed at 5 Mile.  Armleder Park on Wooster Pike was completely under water due to flooding from the Little Miami River.  SR 32 was likewise closed just west of Newtown, so I couldn't get to the Turpin Sod Farms, where the Snowy Egret has been seen, but I was able to scope the (flooded) soccer fields and pick up the Caspian Terns.  Heading back east on SR 32, I made a stop at Bethel-Concord Rd on the east side of East Fork State Park lake.  That road also ends in water.

I did get several FOS (First Of the Season) birds, 4 swallow species, and 6 warblers; total of 53 species on the day.

Trip List:

Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant  (22 flying over Chilo; FOS)
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Mallard
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
American Kestral
Wild Turkey

Killdeer
Solitary Sandpiper (FOS)
Caspian Tern (FOS)
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird (FOS)
Purple Martin

Tree Swallow
N Rough-winged Swallow (FOS)
Barn Swallow (FOS)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird

American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler  (FOS)
N Waterthrush*  (FOS)
Common Yellowthroat  (FOS)
Northern Cardinal

Indigo Bunting* (FOS)
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow* (FOS)
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
 
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

The * birds are my question marks.  I heard what I thought was Savannah Sparrow at 3 different locations and Indigo Bunting at one, but couldn't find them to confirm.  The Northern Waterthrush I based on habitat - next to standing water in a run-off ditch at Chilo.  It didn't sing or offer any other behavioral clues, and I didn't see it long enough to study the field marks as well as I should have.

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