Linda and I took advantage of the great weather today and birded at Clear Creek Metro Park in Hocking County. The temperature was comfortable, the sun actually remained out all day and the birds did their part and also showed up. We had to work for every bird until about 10:00 AM then suddenly activity really accelerated. Hooded Warblers were the star of the day. We tallied almost 40 Hoodies. Common Yellowthroats were also very abundant with a count of about 30. In all we had 90 species with 21 species of warblers. Our Black Vulture count, one, was the lowest I’ve ever had for them at Clear Creek. I guess I’ll consider it a trade-off for the Osprey Linda spotted as it flew along the creek. Vireos were well represented with 5 different species. We took a break for lunch at the Barnabey Picnic Area. As we ate we were serenaded on three sides by Hooded Warblers. The Clear Creek Valley is always a special place to visit. The species most likely to be of interest are listed below. Charlie Bombaci Black Vulture Osprey Red-shouldered Hawk Pileated Woodpecker Acadian Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird White-eyed Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Blue-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Magnolia Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Cerulean Warbler Black-and-White Warbler American Redstart Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird Louisiana Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting ______________________________________________________________________ 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]