Had an opportunity to get out and do some hiking/birding on Thursday afternoon in a wet woods in Claridon Twp. and had several reasons to smile. Got good looks at a veery moving from place to place feeding. Saw my first two warblers of the year, a yellow-rumped and a yellow, actively feeding. Heard blue-gray gnatcatchers and golden-crowned kinglets and saw dozens of tree and northern rough- winged swallows doing an impressive aerial display over a beaver pond. On the way out my husband spotted a barred owl and I was lucky enough to see it as it took off. As my daughter says, "When the woods call, you must answer!" ______________________________________________________________________ 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]