Had a good little turn-out for the weekly wed. morning birdwalk at the Brown Family Environmental Center today,(Kenyon College, Knox Co) dispite the muggy conditions even at the start time of 8:00. There were some good sightings and hearings of avi-fauna: Chimney Swifts Barn Swallow - including one recent fledgling Tree Swallows - same as above Orchard Oriole - pair observed Baltimore Oriole - pair with a juvenile Rose-breasted Grossbeak - 1 male seen Scarlet Tanager - lotta these guys 5 males seen/heard and 2 females seen (1 male CF) Indigo Bunting - 4 males singing Red-eyed Vireo White Eyed Vireo - heard (last week I found a family w/ two young who were getting along in age) Warbling Vireo - heard Yellow-throated Vireo - heard Common Yellowthroat - 1 seen and 6 over-all Yellow Warbler - heard and seen Northern Parula - 2 heard and seen! Kentucky Warbler - seen a few days ago but not today. Cerulean - 1 heard briefly Hooded Warbler - 3 total 2 seen pretty well Black and White Warbler - 1 seen Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 heard Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - heard and seen briefly Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 4 heard and 1 seen Willow Flycatcher - 3 heard and 2 w/ good looks Accadian Flycatcher - 4 heard and seen Wood Thrush - 4 Eastern Bluebird - doing moderately well with their second broods now, some juvies around Cooper's Hawk - 1 etc. We'll be meeting @ 8:00 am next week for a fourth of July Birdwalk at the visitor's center where we always meet and we'll go till 9:00 or so. So come on over if you want to find some birds! Binoculars available to borrow. Good Birding, Ben Warner The Brown Family Environmental Center 9781 Laymon Road, Gambier, Ohio 43022 phone: (740) 427-5050 ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at 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]