This morning and half the afternoon I got to play the part of a white lab rat (medical tests). When I escaped from the maize and got home I needed to unwind. I didn’t get out until 3 PM so I went to monitor my nest boxes at Mudhen Marsh in the Hoover Nature Preserve. Prothonotary Warblers are the world’s best placebo. I located 8 males and 5 females. I was also able to identify the nest sites for 4 pairs. Other species worth mentioning included a pair of Great Crested Flycatchers nesting in the same cavity for the fourth year in a row, Red-headed Woodpeckers, Swainson’s Thrushes, Louisiana Waterthrush, American Redstarts, a few Yellow-rumped Warblers, a male Blackpoll Warbler, and the surprise of the afternoon, 2 Willets resting on the water’s edge. Charlie Bombaci Hoover Nature Preserve **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]