Had a wonderful morning at Pike Lake State Park, which is in Pike County near the town of Bandbridge. There is a major outbreak of tent catterpillars there, and all the birds are feasting on them. I saw Cerulean Warblers, Yellow Throated Vireos and several other species on the ground picking up the catterpillars and carrying them off. In fact, I was never out of the audible range of singing Ceruleans the entire morning, this spot is one of the best locations that I know of to see Ceruleans. A treat was being awakened first thing this morning by a Gray Cheeked Thrush that was sitting on the roof of my cabin singing! Some of the birds seen this morning: Cerulean Warbler American Redstart Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Yellow Throated Warbler Cape May Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Tennesse Warbler Magnolia Warbler Red Eyed Vireo Yelow Throated Vireo (many singing males all over) Eastern Wood Peewee Eastern Phoebe Acadian Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Spotted Sandpiper (on the dam) Barn Swallow Northern Rough Winged Swallow Tree Swallow Eastern Bluebird Pileated Woodpecker Northern Flicker Red Bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Rose Breasted Grosbeak Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Gray Cheeked Thrush Scarlet Tanager And many more birds typical for this area (chippies, swifts, grackles, starlings, cowbirds, Canada geese, etc) Pike Lake is a trap for neotropical migrants this time of year, I highly recommend it to my birdwatching friends in southern Ohio. On a good day in May, you can get upwards of 20 warbler species there in a day. I recommend simply parking at the park office, and walking up the road toward the cabins. That particular dead end road is a great place to pick up many bird species. Good Birding, Greg Spahr Fairborn, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]