As of the evening of September I have been back home, after being gone (at
sea) since April 10. I am very happy to be back.

The birds are about as expected this latter half of September, which is to
say that that nature here is thoroughly delightful.

I note that some northern Ohio posts mention the lack of hummingbirds for a
few days. Our feeders here in rural Muskingum County are still being
visited by a few, or at least one. I had a single individual
female/immature type visit the feeder, spotted once yesterday morning, and
around 1PM today.

A pair of pileated woodpeckers have been flying and calling in the forest
every morning. A couple nights we have heard a distant great horned owl
just after dusk.

Raising a smile for me in the "Spring Hollow" during our morning hike
today, was a singing white-eyed vireo.

For my Ohio birding friends who may be curious, I picked up 4 North
American lifers this past spring and summer from our location about 160
miles off Charleston, SC: a late spring masked booby, and three others that
showed up in some numbers following Hurricane Bertha - sooty tern, and
Cory's and Audubon's shearwaters.

Bob Evans
Geologist, etc.
Hopewell Township, Muskingum County

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