Spent two very pleasant mornings at Spring Valley this weekend. Migration has begun to pick up slightly with my first-of-year Palm Warbler (1), Swamp Sparrow (2), Virginia Rail (flushed from under the boardwalk) and Sora on Saturday, and my first-of-year Yellow-throated Warbler singing from the sycamores at the south end of the lake on Sunday. Another birder reported possibly hearing Marsh Wren along the boardwalk, but the Red-wings are so raucous it's hard to pick out other sounds at times, and I couldn't make any out. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher numbers have now nearly caught up with the ubiquitous Yellow-rumpeds. Bird well, Paul -- Paul Dubuc, Dayton, OH at sign beween pauldubuc and gmail dot com ______________________________________________________________________ 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]