5/3/07, my post-call afternoon off came at a great time. Grosjean Park in Wooster: mudded out Wooster Cemetery: what a gem! from section 20, parked and walked west past 21 and 22, to the open/wooded meadow. Highlights: ** Ruby-crowned Kinglet ** Common Yellow-throat -- Baltimore Oriole - I've missed that song! -- RB Grosbeak (add mine to the millions this year!) ** Tennessee Warbler (great looks and listens) Su, this might be the "migrant trap" you've been searching for if Secrest isn't it! Killbuck Marsh: 83 south to Force Road (dead-end) -- Wild Turkey (one crossed my path driving in...is that GOOD luck?) ***Yellow Warbler -- female building a nest, beautiful watching her settle in and shape the inside of the downy-fibered nest cup with her breast; males singing sweet, sweet, sweet-yes-i'm soo sweet (right on the money) **Yellow-rumped Warbler -- Pileated Woodpecker ** White-eyed Vireo (this guys is ALWAYS at this location) No yellow-breasted chat yet, but this is my most reliable spot for these raucous birds. AND THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE DAY, after the kids went to bed, I was writing up my trip on the back patio and heard the amazing and unexpected call of a: *** WOOD THRUSH!! He was singing in brief phrases, heavy on the sharp chattery ending that they are so famous for; didn't believe it at first, but it continued nearly to dark. Enjoy the migration--it's a dandy this year!! Loving our OWN rbgrosbeaks and a two VERY showy red-headed woodpeckers. Scott Wayne County (notice the gradient of "leafiness" between southern Wayne/Holmes county and the northern half of Wayne county--here in the North we are still almost bare, thus the marked absence of warblers here yet) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]