There was another nice influx of passerine migrants into my area in NE Mahoning Co. this weekend (mostly yesterday). Activity was best right along the Mahoning R. corridor in Lowellville. I found 6 local FOS birds. Perhaps the most unusual sighting was a late imm. common loon flying east following the Mahoning Valley towards PA. As others have noted recently in other areas of Ohio, migration still seems a little behind schedule here. I finally recorded Louisiana waterthrush locally; relatively few species are around in good numbers yet, these include blue-gray gnatcatcher, wood thrush, yellow warbler, and rose-breasted grosbeak. Other sightings this weekend around Lowellville: solitary sandpiper, least flycatcher, yellow-throated vireos, warbling vireos, red-eyed vireos, Carolina wrens, brown thrasher, n. mockingbird, yellow-rumped warbler, black-throated green warbler, black-throated blue warbler, Am. redstart, hooded warblers, c.
yellowthroats, scarlet tanagers, white-crowned sparrow, e. meadowlarks, Baltimore orioles, and a singing pine siskin. Good birding, Craig
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