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This morning I played  mountain goat as I checked activity on the east side 
of Big Walnut Creek. This  area is quite rugged compared to the west side 
of Big Walnut and has almost four  times the acreage. It has steep hillsides, 
backwater swamp forest, feeder  streams, hardwood forest and the creek 
edge. There is a very thick canopy  throughout from Sunbury Road to the 
reservoir giving hundreds of acres of  suitable habitat for Prothonotary Warblers. I 
counted 37 male Prothonotaries and  13 females during my stay. There are 
now hungry hatchlings to be fed at many  nest sites so I’m seeing an marked 
increase in the presence of the females. The  numbers make the trek through 
water, mud and insects worth it. It seems that  this may prove to be a bumper 
year for the PROWs. 
Even I can’t live by PROWs alone and the other bird activity was good and  
quite diverse. Green Herons were in good numbers and I suspect that if I 
could  see through the foliage better I likely walked under at least a couple 
of their  nest sites. Near the reservoir I observe several Osprey soaring 
about, one adult  Bald Eagle and a Black Vulture among the numerous TVs. I 
spotted a Wood Duck hen  as she exited a cavity in a dead tree. A lone Spotted 
Sandpiper was bobbing as  it went along a log at the water’s edge. Early June 
seems to be Cuckoo time at  the preserve. I saw three Yellow-billed Cuckoos 
in the swampy forest areas and  at a slightly more open area I ran into my 
FOY Black-billed Cuckoo. A Great  Horned Owl was a surprise as I spotted it 
while sliding down a slope (stopped  short of going in the creek).  I  
located a new Red-headed Woodpecker nest on the east side of Big Walnut to go  
with the 5 confirmed on the west side of the creek in Area N. I added a couple 
 of Northern Parula, a Yellow-throated Warbler and a Common Yellowthroat 
for  color.  
Charlie  Bombaci 
Hoover Nature  Preserve 
Galena, Delaware  County 
SPECIES  LIST 
Great  Blue Heron 
Green  Heron 
Black  Vulture 
Turkey  Vulture 
Canada  Goose 
Wood  Duck 
Mallard 
Osprey 
Cooper's  Hawk 
Red-tailed  Hawk 
Spotted  Sandpiper 
Mourning  Dove 
Black-billed  Cuckoo 
Yellow-billed  Cuckoo 
Great  Horned Owl 
Ruby-throated  Hummingbird 
Red-headed  Woodpecker 
Red-bellied  Woodpecker 
Downy  Woodpecker 
Pileated  Woodpecker 
Eastern  Wood-Pewee 
Acadian  Flycatcher 
Eastern  Phoebe 
Great  Crested Flycatcher 
Eastern  Kingbird 
Yellow-throated  Vireo 
Warbling  Vireo 
Red-eyed  Vireo 
Blue  Jay 
American  Crow 
Tree  Swallow 
Northern  Rough-winged Swallow 
Carolina  Chickadee 
Tufted  Titmouse 
White-breasted  Nuthatch 
Blue-gray  Gnatcatcher 
Wood  Thrush 
American  Robin 
Gray  Catbird 
European  Starling 
Cedar  Waxwing 
Northern  Parula 
Yellow  Warbler 
Yellow-throated  Warbler 
Prothonotary  Warbler 
Common  Yellowthroat 
Scarlet  Tanager 
Song  Sparrow 
Northern  Cardinal 
Rose-breasted  Grosbeak 
Indigo  Bunting 
Red-winged  Blackbird 
Common  Grackle 
Brown-headed  Cowbird 
Baltimore  Oriole 
American  Goldfinch

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