Great day for firsts in Darke County. FOY included Black and White and Yellow-throated Warbler, BG Gnatcatcher, Cattle Egret, and Spotted Sandpiper. Below are ebird lists from several places around the county. Our Darke County 2011 bird list is at 107. > > Location: Shawnee Prairie Preserve > Observation date: 4/12/11 > > Number of species: 40 > > Canada Goose 4 > Wood Duck 2 > Mallard 2 > Blue-winged Teal 1 > Great Blue Heron 1 > Great Egret 1 > Red-tailed Hawk 1 > Mourning Dove 7 > Great Horned Owl 2 > Belted Kingfisher 3 > Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 > Downy Woodpecker 5 > Northern Flicker 2 > Eastern Phoebe 3 > Blue Jay 4 > American Crow 2 > Tree Swallow 1 > Carolina Chickadee 5 > Tufted Titmouse 2 > White-breasted Nuthatch 3 > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 > Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 > Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 > American Robin 4 > Brown Thrasher 1 > European Starling 3 > Yellow-rumped Warbler 10 > Yellow-throated Warbler 1 > Chipping Sparrow 5 > Field Sparrow 2 > Song Sparrow 1 > Swamp Sparrow 1 > White-throated Sparrow 2 > Dark-eyed Junco 2 > Northern Cardinal 5 > Red-winged Blackbird 4 > Common Grackle 4 > Brown-headed Cowbird 6 > American Goldfinch 4 Location: Woods Road Wetland Observation date: 4/12/11 Number of species: 14 Canada Goose 4 Mallard 6 Blue-winged Teal 28 American Coot 1 Killdeer 4 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 9 Mourning Dove 4 American Robin 5 European Starling 8 Field Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 8 Common Grackle 4 Location: Elroy, Ohio Observation date: 4/12/11 Number of species: 12 Mallard 6 Blue-winged Teal 13 Killdeer 4 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Pectoral Sandpiper 5 Mourning Dove 8 American Robin 8 European Starling 12 Red-winged Blackbird 6 Common Grackle 4 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 Location: Wayne Lakes area Observation date: 4/12/11 Number of species: 18 Canada Goose 6 Wood Duck 8 Mallard 12 Blue-winged Teal 8 Cattle Egret 1 Killdeer 3 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Lesser Yellowlegs 12 Mourning Dove 4 Downy Woodpecker 1 Carolina Wren 1 American Robin 8 European Starling 8 Song Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 6 Common Grackle 4 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 House Sparrow 8 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]