I spent several hours Saturday at a privately owned gravel pit in Miami County just north of Troy in block 55D6CW. The primary objective was visiting with grandparents and teaching my 3 yr. old son to fish but I managed to atlas actively for a few minutes. Those minutes paid off quickly with the discovery of an adult Prothonotary Warbler feeding two fuzzy headed and vocal fledglings. As I repositioned myself opposite the tree line for a better view, I found a fledgling cowbird begging. A Prothonotary soon was feeding it as well. A nearby snag along the waters edge had several cavities. I also "spotted" a vocal, teetering Spotted Sandpiper and a pair of Belted Kingfishers. I'm hoping to return this weekend and focus more time on atlasing as well as odes... it was bustling with damselflies and I got great looks at a Halloween Pennant dragonfly. Bill Zimmerman Cincinnati ______________________________________________________________________ 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]