Updated link to photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/christinemcanlis/ -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris McAnlis Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 6:40 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [Ohio-birds] Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Louisiana Waterthrush (Medina co) Happy day to be outside. Tromped through the ravine and heard then saw a Louisiana Waterthrush! Once back on top, I realized the funny looking Hairy Woodpecker was not a Hairy Woodpecker, rather it was a male Yellow- bellied Sapsucker! First time I've ever seen one! Then later I saw 2 females tatooing their row of holes in several sugar maple trees. Bird expert friend Kathy N. suggested I saw them while they are on their way migrating north. Total list of birds seen: Turkey Vulture 4 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Downy Woodpecker 3 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Carolina Wren 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 Gray Catbird 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Dark-eyed Junco 4 Northern Cardinal 5 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 6 Also 2 nesting boxes in my yard have bluebird construction crews busy. Other highlights, non bird included: Crayfish in creek (3 the size of my hand) Mourning Cloak butterfly Cabbage White butterfly (possibly West Virginia White but it was fast and didn't land for me to take a good look so probably just cabbage white) Wildflowers: - Bloodroot - Blue Cohosh - Cut-leaved toothwort - Broad-leaved toothwort (not quite blooming) - Coltsfoot - Sharp lobed hepatica - Spring beauty - Trillium (not quite blooming) - Squirrel Corn - Yellow Trout Lily (or also called Dog-tooth violet) Photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/christinemcanlis/4490683347/in/photostream/ Guilford Township, Medina county ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]