I don't usually post just a list, preferring prose, almost to a fault.
Thanks to all who responded with praise for yesterday's little tale about
my five decades of hooded warblers.

Following last night's rain and favorable winds I was expecting a wonderful
dawn chorus. I woke up at 4:30 AM thinking about some work issues, and
couldn't get back to sleep. It happens sometimes. So I took advantage of my
restless state and got out at 6 for once.

I was not disappointed. Seemingly every species was in full song. An hour
and a half afield this morning yielded 54 species, a fine list for this (or
any) property. Many migrants have now arrived. Folks up at the Lake can
expect white-throated and white-crowned sparrows for a little while longer,
since they were here in numbers today. My day list was augmented somewhat
by a little serendipity. (There were also a few notable misses, but there
are also some hours left in the day.) Waterfowl are not particularly common
here, since we have no pond. But a mallard flew over this morning. And one
point I was watching a rather large deer in the forest, when it flushed a
turkey. Thanks! Life is good!

Today's list:

 great blue heron

Canada goose

mallard

turkey vulture

wild turkey

killdeer

chimney swift

red-bellied woodpecker

downy woodpecker

hairy woodpecker

eastern phoebe

red-eyed vireo

white-eyed vireo

blue jay

American crow

tree swallow

barn swallow

tufted titmouse

Carolina chickadee

white-breasted nuthatch

Carolina wren

house wren

eastern bluebird

American robin

wood thrush

gray catbird

northern mockingbird

brown thrasher

European starling

blue-winged warbler

yellow warbler

cerulean warbler

yellow-rumped warbler

black-throated green warbler

ovenbird

common yellowthroat

hooded warbler

yellow-breasted chat

scarlet tanager

northern cardinal

rose-breasted grosbeak

eastern towhee

field sparrow

chipping sparrow

white-throated sparrow

white-crowned sparrow

song sparrow

brown-headed cowbird

red-winged blackbird

common grackle

Baltimore oriole

house finch

American goldfinch

house sparrow

Bob Evans
Geologist, etc.
Hopewell Township, Muskingum County

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