I birded Black Hand Gorge paved trail in the rain this morning, for a little over 3 hours. I had six species of warbler, and two new year-birds. Here is what I saw: Canada goose turkey vulture mourning dove belted kingfisher red-bellied woodpecker downy woodpecker pileated woodpecker eastern phoebe yellow-throated vireo blue-headed vireo (FOY) red-eyed vireo blue jay American crow Carolina chickadee tufted titmouse white-breasted nuthatch Carolina wren blue-gray gnatcatcher ruby-crowned kinglet wood thrush (saw 4 at one time, feeding on the trail) American robin gray catbird brown thrasher European starling Louisiana waterthrush (at least 6 seen/heard) black-and-white warbler hooded warbler northern parula yellow-throated warbler black-throated green warbler (FOY) eastern towhee song sparrow white-throated sparrow scarlet tanager northern cardinal red-winged blackbird brown-headed cowbird American goldfinch Several of these represented Licking Co. firsts, although I had seen most of them on my camping trip in southern Ohio earlier this week. Biggest surprise: no Baltimore oriole or green heron - yet! Margaret Bowman Newark, Licking Co., 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]