Chris Bedel got out of his car this morning at 8:15 and heard something he never heard before. He chased it down just at the edge of the Eulett Center parking lot at the Edge of Appalachia Preserve office, as I arrived a few minutes later we saw it was a very cooperative Kirkland's singing it's heart out. We both viewed it for about 15 minutes from about 15 feet away, beautiful views. This was a lifer for Chris and credit goes to him for spotting the distinctive call, which I remembered from trips up to Michigan. Nice to see him in the neighborhood. What a way to start the day. Pete ********************************************************************* Pete Whan Appalachian Forest Program Manager The Nature Conservancy of Ohio Edge of Appalachia Preserve 4274 Waggoner Riffle Rd. West Union, OH 45693 Ph. 937-544-2188 ext. 13 fax 937-544-7030 email [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]