haven't birded ohio for a week so i ventured to headlands in the heat today - in order of numbers - #1 insects #2 beach using people #3 birds on the way i saw a Bald Eagle above the RT 44 nest @ 6:33 arrived @ P-1 @ 6:40 left @ 7:45 89* and the lake looks like glass!! Commoners - Red-winged Blackbirds - 15ish Song Sparrows - 5ish American Robins - 20+ Common Grackles - 8ish Northern Flicker - 2 Catbirds - 10+ Northern Rough-winged Swallows - 12+ A Little More Interesting Willow Fly Catcher - 2+ Warbling Vireo - 3+ American Coot - 1 Baltimore Oriole - 6+ House Wren - 3+ Wood Thrush - 3+ Yellow Warbler - 6+ (hard to see, easier to hear) American Redstart - 4+ (hard to see, easier to hear) Eastern Towhee - 2+ (heard) MIDGES, MIDGES, MIDGES!!!! wear your sunglasses and keep those mouths shut!! buster ______________________________________________________________________ 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]