Hi folks, Seeking a change of pace, we started our birdwalk from Grinnell Mill rather than Trailside Museum. Starting time was 9 am, and judging from the air temperature and angle of the sun, we would have done well to get out 30-45 minutes earlier. Waxwings and goldfinches were everywhere this morning as we got started, and I kept hoping we would find ourselves in the middle of a mixed flock of migrants, but redstarts were the only warblers well seen. My vote for bird of the day was a red-headed woodpecker. One flew overhead, without stopping. Nice clear look at its wing patches. Here's the list: Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren American Robin Gray Catbird European Starling Cedar Waxwing Blackburnian Warbler American Redstart Chipping Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak American Goldfinch ------------------------- Nick Boutis, Director Glen Helen 405 Corry St. Yellow Springs, OH 45387 937-769-1908 www.glenhelen.org ______________________________________________________________________ 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]