Jeff Harvey reports that this morning, Sunday, from about 7:30AM to about 8:30AM, at Sheepskin Hollow State Nature Preserve, he saw and photographed a brilliantly colored male Lawrence's Warbler. The plumage was bright yellow with the black eye-patch and black throat. The bird would show itself when any of the following songs were played; Blue-winged, Golden-winged, or Prairie. This has been a traditional Prairie Warbler and Blue-winged Warbler site. To reach this location, go east about 2.5 miles from the intersection of SR170 and Pancake-Clarkson Road (TR1031), after crossing the bridge over Little Beaver Creek, continue thru the underpass and go clear to the top of the hill to the signed Sheepskin parking lot on the right. Park and walk down the road a couple hundred feet, you are now directly under the high tension line. Check the open areas on both sides of the road. The Pennsylvania State Line is another half mile to the east. If you wish to see The Sheepskin Hollow gorge, return back down the hill to the underpass area, park along the road, and walk south along the old railroad bed about a half mile to the trail on the left into the rocky hollow. Worm-eating Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, and Louisiana Waterthrush were here earlier this morning. Golden-crowned Kinglets nest in the pines by The Pancake Bridge over Little Beaver Creek. Great find Jeff!!!


Bob Lane / Mahoning County

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