I made it to Sandy Ridge yesterday around 4:00. I had great looks at a very cooperative Prothonotary Warbler. As you leave the visitors' center, go through the wooded trail to the open water/wetland. As soon as you get to the main circle, turn right. Go about 15 yards and the bird was flying back and forth from the tree line to a shrub covered stump in the water about 15 feet out. I watched him for at least 5 minutes. I didn't stay long, but in addition to the Prothonotary Warbler, I also saw the following: Bald Eagle Yellow Warbler Eastern Kingbird Red-Headed Woodpecker Tufted Titmouse Song Sparrow Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Baltimore Oriole Northern Flicker Tree Swallow Barn Swallow As an aside, on the birding trip to Pointe Pelee last week, someone (Lisa or Tammy?) mentioned to me that there were Blue Winged Warblers that are nesting in one of the Lorain County Metro Parks. Can anyone tell me where those birds are nesting? Thanks. Spencer ______________________________________________________________________ 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]