The day started out great with two calling common loons on the lake and flyby flock of 43 WHIMBRELS, and that was by 6:30. I decided to head out to my blind west of my house. From there I heard a singing CONNECTICUT WARBLER and a couple mourning warblers. I got out to look for the Connecticut, but only got a brief glimpse of it. Walking through the yard I was able to hear at least 9 different mourning warblers. The weather was cool yet so I took my dog out to the blind. After about a half hour the dog decided she wanted to get out of the blind so I walked her back to the house. It was then that I heard the KIRTLAND'S WARBLER. I was able to get a quick glimpse of it. I tied the dog to a tree and went back and got my camera. By that time the Kirtland's had moved about 50 feet west along the cliff. I was able to get a couple shots of it before it flew downward and to the west. I was unable to hear or see it after that. Despite searching along the beach and along the cliff throughout the day I was unable to relocate the bird. While searching, i was able to find a female GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER. The Connecticut warbler was also not heard or seen after the early morning sighting. Other birds seen were alder, willow, and Acadian flycatchers, yellow-billed cuckoo, Philadelphia vireo, Lincoln's sparrow and 16 species of warblers. Not a bad day. A photo of the Kirtland's can be seen at: http://www.rarebird.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4069&PID=11923#11923 The photo has been cropped. 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]