Ohio birders, We took some beginning birder friends out to Clear Creek Metro Park on Saturday morning, May 5. It was great fun - nothing too unusual, but what a treat to show someone their first Scarlet Tanager and Hooded Warbler. But, the 'best' bird was a Hermit Thrush that I observed collecting nesting material. I knew that they are rare nesters in Ohio and had been found nesting in the Hocking Hills. But only today, after I looked up the old Ohio Breeding Bird atlas material on-line, did I see that it was only confirmed in one block during the last atlas. And that they estimated only 8-12 pairs breed in Ohio per year. Hah! Janet Duerr Athens, OH duerr at ohio dot edu Warblers rule but thrushes aren't too bad ______________________________________________________________________ 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]