Four more spring arrivals at Greenlawn: Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Brown Thrasher Yellow-rumped Warbler I'm sure I also heard a Black-throated Green Warbler but couldn't track it down. The female Hooded Merganser at the pond has been joined by a second female. The Belted Kingfisher was flying up and down the pond today. The point I used to sit at to bird on the pond has been taken over by Canada Geese determined to build a nest where it will never last (their island is still under water). A mud-smudged egg was 12 feet away from the nest. Maybe something was raiding the nest just as I got there. I replaced the egg and several hours later the female had covered it with twigs and stuff. The resident Phoebe has her nest almost completed. I saw no Fox Sparrows today and few White-throated Sparrows. I counted 38 species today from 8-noon. ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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]