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 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]