Surveyed for OBBA II early this morning before heading to Columbus for the Kirtland's (which was still there when I arrived - am I lucky or what!) 47 species - some newly arrived and some late to leave: great blue heron turkey vulture - one may have been on a nest - will re-check killdeer - doing the broken wing thing rock pigeon mourning dove red-bellied woodpecker downy woodpecker northern flicker pileated woodpecker eastern kingbird - my FOY tree swallow barn swallow house wren gray catbird northern mockingbird - obvious pair brown thrasher - nestbuilding eastern bluebird - pair woodthrush - many, all singing territorially veery - one - my FOY (I found a pair of hermit thrushes in Knox Co. earlier in the a.m., also my FOY) American robin blue-gray gnatcatcher Carolina chickadee tufted titmouse RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH - adult female, in suitable habitat! Will she stay? blue jay American crow European starling house sparrow American goldfinch blue-winged warbler - 4 males at 4 different locations yellow warbler - many hooded warbler - my FOY yellow-rumped warbler black-throated green - 3 at 3 different locations ovenbirds - too many to count, counter-singing in every woodlot scarlet tanager - at least 3 eastern towhee chipping sparrow - nestbuilding field sparrow - also nestbuilding song sparrow - also nestbuilding northern cardinal - carrying food, probably to nestlings rose-breasted grosbeak - my FOY bobolink - my FOY red-winged blackbird common grackle brown-headed cowbird Have a great day! (Any day of birding is a great day!) Margaret Bowman Newark, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]