getting late, and have to get off this computer, so ... late afternoon yesterday had Yellow-throated Warblers (one each) in Scioto (Pond Lick Rd. in Shawnee SF) and Adams Co. (along Ohio Brush Creek). This morning there were few more in Lawrence County Lake Vesuvius - 5 Hanging Rock ORV Park - 8 with the northernmost on the day at Tycoon Lake W.A. in northern Gallia County. Otherwise, fairly typical list for late March. Hanging Rock was also good for a Ruffed Grouse strutting in the middle of the road (blurry photo through windshield just to say I photographed one in OH). Had 9 Pine Warblers there. Found a Blue-headed Vireo in song, only to discover he was actively engaged in metronomic* pre-copulatory display with another Blue-headed Vireo. I have never seen this before in the Blue-headed Vireo, where the male rocks his head (and later with more vigor his entire body) back and forth in the manner of a metronome. First described in the Bell's Vireo by Barlow (probably online - google Metronome Display in Bell's Vireo). And described fully by myself in 1988 with the Black-capped Vireo. Pileated Woodpeckers were numerous on the day. Had all the woodpeckers, with a Red-headed Woodpecker found near the hamlet of Vinton (in Gallia Co.) while photographing dragonflies. Failed to capture (digilly) the Green Darner pair egg-laying but shot some Ischnura ... Fortail spp. Fueling up in Oak Hill I was treated to a well-rounded mockingbird that went straight from a nice rendition of Great Crested Flycatcher to a passable Virginia Rail. Canada Geese were on nests at various roadside wetlands, of which there are a remarkable number in Lawrence County. Tree Swallows were in and around most ... the species was poorly documented in the south during the first OBBA. Found my 2nd site for Mistletoe in northern Gallia County ... not the northernmost in OH but I still am surprised when I find it. Not good with butterflies ... some yellowish swallowtail was uncommon but widespread. Have a photo if that proves unusual. Something else like a Hairstreak was locally common. and despite being seen elsewhere nary a Louisiana Waterthrush .. and I must have traced 150 miles or streams today. cheers Vic Fazio Tiffin, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]