Went out to Hells Hollow Wilderness Area this morning.  Found an Eastern Phoebe(EAPH) pair 
building on the bank of Paine Creek.  When I finally got a good view of the nest I was surprised to 
see it was near completion about 85%.  The female was climbing inside the nest and shaping it to 
fit, she was adding small roots she collected on the wing, I did see her down on the ground stream 
side, may have been gathering some mud to add.  The outside of the nest was not as mossy as 
other nests I have seen, maybe they will add more?  There was another Phoebe singing down 
stream but was unable to locate a female.  I was also excited to find 3 Louisiana 
Waterthrush(LOWA) singing up and down the creek.  They each seemed to be patrolling their own 
portion of creek about 50-100 yards each no overlap.  The woods were very active, It was a good 
day of birding.

EAPH(3) 
LOWA(3)

HAWO
DOWO
RBWO
YBSA(1)

DEJU
FISP(1)
SOSP
CHSP(1)

GCKI
WBNU
BCCH
NOCA(males were fighting over a female)
TUTI

Serviceberries were throwing out flowers and the trout lilies were abundant.  

RJTrimbath

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