On Sunday I made time to kayak in some of the backwater areas along the Auglaize river in Paulding county.I was rewarded with some excellent birds.Here are a few of the birds I saw. Wood ducks Great Blue Heron(on nest) Red-headed woodpeckers-over a dozen birds Pileated woodpeckers Great crested fly catchers Eastern king birds Tree swallows-too many to count Prothonotary warblers-3 to 4 males chasing each other Common Yellowthroats Northern Waterthrushes Yellow warblers Northern Parulas Bald Eagles-various aged birds plus numerous other birds,snakes and turtles. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]