On Sunday I made time kayak in some of the backwater areas of the Auglaize River in Paulding county.Here are some of the birds I observed. Wood ducks Great Blue Herons(some on nests) Red-Headed Woodpeckers(15-20 interacting birds) Pileated woodpeckers(pair at nest hole-female in hole,male reaching in) Great created fly catchers(males chasing one another) Eastern King birds Tree swallows( too many to count) Prothonotary Warblers(3-5 males,some chasing each other) Common Yellowthroats Northern Waterthrushes Yellow Warblers Northern Parulas(heard) Black-throated Green Warblers(heard) Oven bird(heard) Hermit Thrush (heard) House wren(entering hole with sticks) Bald Eagles Plus some Northern water snakes,turtles and numerous bloodsucking bugs. Jon Diller Stryker ______________________________________________________________________ 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]