Hi folks, It was a good birding day yesterday in Glen Helen. We found 50 species over our 3 hour walk in the north part of the Glen. Mostly, we stuck to the Inman Trail, with side jaunts out to Baldwin Pond and the Dingell Dell. Here's what the group found: Great blue Heron Turkey vulture Canada goose Mallard Cooper's hawk Red-shouldered hawk Broad-winged hawk Mourning dove *Ruby-throated hummingbird Red-bellied woodpecker Downy woodpecker Pileated woodpecker Eastern phoebe *Great crested flycatcher *White-eyed vireo *Yellow-throated vireo Red-eyed vireo Blue jay American crow *Tree swallow *Northern rough-winged swallow Carolina chickadee Tufted titmouse White-breasted nuthatch Carolina wren House wren Blue-gray gnatcatcher Ruby-crowned kinglet Wood thrush American robin (gathering nesting material) Gray catbird Yellow-rumped warbler *Blackburnian warbler Yellow-throated warbler (gathering nesting material) *Palm warbler (flock of 4-6 birds) Black and white warbler Louisiana waterthrush Common yellowthroat Hooded warbler (great looks by Pompey's pillar) Northern parula (great looks by the yellow spring grotto) *Summer tanager Scarlet tanager Chipping sparrow Field sparrow Nothern cardinal *Rose-breasted grosbeak Indigo bunting Red-winged blackbird Common grackle Brown-headed cowbird American goldfinch * first of the year bird -Nick ------------------------- Nick Boutis Executive Director Glen Helen Ecology Institute 405 Corry St. Yellow Springs, OH 45387 Visit us online, at www.glenhelen.org ______________________________________________________________________ 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]