Traditionally I begin seeing southbound orioles and yellow warblers in my North Perry yard around the Fourth of July or soon after. They were right on schedule. I made a short walk around my yard and in the fields out front this morning and counted at least 17 orchard orioles, 20 Baltimore orioles and about 24 yellow warblers. I only counted what I was positive were different birds and most of the orioles flushed out of the grass right along the paths and my driveway. I think there were many more than what I counted. I was curious as to what they were feeding on. They were in the deeper grass. I checked some areas where they flushed, but did not see many bugs and there was no fruit. I never could figure it out. As quick as I flushed them, they were back in the weeds. Its hard to believe, but fall migration is already here with these birds and the shorebirds moving. John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]