There  was some nice activity at Areas M and N of the Hoover Nature 
Preserve today. The  probable top on the list was a Lesser Black-backed Gull. Jim 
Fry had been  searching for it in the area of the docks above Hoover Dam. It 
had been  previously reported at that location several times. For Jim – 
Nada. He gave me a  call as he was looking for his FOY Prothonotary Warbler and 
a Red-headed  Woodpecker, both of which I had reported the day before. We 
went to Areas M/N in  Galena and quickly got Jim his Prothonotary Warbler, a 
beautiful male who was  all showoff.  As we began to head  for the Red-headed 
Woodpecker nest site we stopped to view the Osprey at  Platform No. 2 and 
in the background we noticed a line of gulls on the  boardwalk. Closer 
inspection disclosed that the elusive Lesser Black-backed Gull  might be sitting 
in the middle of the group. We circled around picking up the  Red-headed 
Woodpecker on the way and headed out on the boardwalk at Area M.  There among 
the Ring-billed Gulls were about 7 Herring Gulls, a dozen  Bonaparte’s Gulls, 
5-6 Common Terns, and the Lesser Black-backed Gull. Later  scanning the 
water off the boardwalk we spotted a flotilla of Common Loons in  breeding 
plumage and a merganser hen. Tree, Barn and Rough-winged Swallows were  do 
aerobatics over the water, snatching insects in mid-air. Last, the Osprey  changed 
shifts at the nest platform. One adult soared in, and then the other  left 
the nest with the newcomer snuggling down on the nest. After a break for  
dinner I returned with my wife and we watched an adult land with a fish. Both  
adults took position at the edge of the nest and little heads popped up 
looking  for their dinners.  
My  total list for the day at Areas M and N follows. 
Charlie  Bombaci 
Hoover  Nature Preserve 
SPECIES  LIST 
Common  Loon 
Pied-billed  Grebe 
Double-crested  Cormorant 
Great  Blue Heron 
Turkey  Vulture 
Canada  Goose 
Wood  Duck 
Mallard 
Hooded  Merganser 
Osprey 
American  Coot 
Bonaparte's  Gull 
Ring-billed  Gull 
Herring  Gull 
Common  tern 
Mourning  Dove 
Red-headed  Woodpecker 
Red-bellied  Woodpecker 
Downy  Woodpecker 
Eastern  Phoebe 
Warbling  Vireo 
Red-eyed  Vireo 
Blue  Jay 
American  Crow 
Tree  Swallow 
Northern  Rough-winged Swallow 
Barn  Swallow 
Carolina  Chickadee 
Tufted  Titmouse 
White-breasted  Nuthatch 
Carolina  Wren 
Blue-gray  Gnatcatcher 
American  Robin 
European  Starling 
Northern  Parula 
Yellow-rumped  Warbler 
Yellow-throated  Warbler 
Prothonotary  Warbler 
Song  Sparrow 
Northern  Cardinal 
Red-winged  Blackbird 
Common  Grackle 
Brown-headed  Cowbird 
American  Goldfinch

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