Hi all, Spent the afternoon at Headlands Beach State Park. Warbler numbers and diversity were fairly good although birds were quiet and hard to find ( probably because of the time). Besides migrants alot of the birds I think of as "Headlands Breeders" (Brown Thrasher,Gray Catbird, Baltimore Oriole etc.) were still around in good numbers. Below is a rundown of most migrant species seen Connecticut Warbler - 1 walking on ground in dense shrubs. Larger bird,heavy billed, complete eyering, short tailed etc. Even harder to see than the rest of the migrants. Yellow Warbler- 2 seemed rather late Hooded Warbler - 1 female was a suprise on the breakwall. Blackpoll Warbler - 5 in close association Cape May Warbler -1 American Redstart - 10 no adult males. Most numerous Warbler after Magnolia. Magnolia Warbler -15 Common Yellowthroat - 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler -3 2 females 1 adult male Bay-breasted Warbler - 4 Wilsons Warbler-1 Northern Parula - 2 very dull birds Nashville Warbler - 1 Tennessee Warbler - 1 very high, only warbler in tree tops. OTHER MIGRANTS: Least Flycatcher - several present "Traill's" Flycatcher - 1 stayed silent (apparently immune to my telekenetic powers - I spent alot of time willing it to call) Swainson's Thrush - 25 in small groups Lincoln's Sparrow - 3 seemed early to me White-throated Sparrow - 1 also seemed early House Wren - 2 agressivley scolding for reasons I couldn't see until I looked up and saw a few accipiter dots very high up. Caspian Tern - a few Yellow-billed Cuckoo-1 managed to find some caterpillars. However despite all the birds, I apologize - my personal highlight was a mammal. There was an Eastern Red Bat roosting in a willow tree. It wasn't even on a branch it had just grabbed onto some leaves to spend the day. Fantastic little beast - just sat there and watched it for almost an hour. I expect that it flew across the lake last night ( I think I'm justified in posting about it - it's a migrant too.) Anyway - nice to enjoy one of the last summer like days. Good Birding, Phil Chaon --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]