I made it to the BFEC (brown family enviro center at Kenyon) just in time for the birdwalk today at 8:00am. We had a lot of stuff out there talking it up. Everything on the list was singing, and we were able to get a look at some of them too. I was also very happy to finally find a pair of Cedar Waxwings building a nest just north of the office/visitor center of the BFEC in a Boxelder tree. List of my fav's: Ruby-throated Hummingbird - heard and seen here and there but I've yet to get lucky with a nest Yellow-throated Warbler - 2 singing along the river Hooded Warbler - 1 singing male, caught a glimpse of him too. Yellow Warbler - 4+ Northern Parula - 2 heard, 1 seen Common Yellowthroat - 5, 1 mated pair seen bringing food to a nest Yellow-breasted CHat - 1 heard Black-and-white Warbler - seen after the walk a ways down the bike path Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - heard Indigo Buntings - seen and heard Baltimore Orioles - seen Scarlet Tanager - 2 males, 1 female Rose-breasted Grossbeak - 1 male seen Warbling Vireo - 1 heard White-eyed Vireo - 1 heard and great looks too Yellow-throated Vireo - Male heard, then Pair observed Red-eyed Vireo - Heard and glimpsed. E. Kingbird - seen and heard around nest tree Accadian Flycatcher - 3 heard and seen Willow Flycatcher - 1 seen and heard briefly E. Wood-pewee - 2, 1 seen E. Phoebe - 2, seen and heard American Goldfinch - seem to be pairing off and stepping it up a notch Housewrens - nesting in a dryer vent and a Bluebird box Eastern Bluebirds - seen near their nest boxes (ours have second broods at various stages of development) Wood Thrush - heard Field Sparrows Song Sparrows Eastern Towhee - 2 males and 1 female heard and seen Belted Kingfisher Great Blue Heron Pileated Woodpecker - actually came over by the center from up on the hills of Gambier Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Brown Headed Cowbird - not really a favorite but I noticed that a juvenile bird had joined up w/ an adult male and female, interesting to see. Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk - 1 chased by Red-winged Blackbird. So, all in all a good morning of birds. Anyone who would like to join us next week for the same sort of action would be more than welcome, we go from 8:00 till about 9:30 but you can leave anytime you need to. 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]