Ben Eckstein and myself made our weekly Tuesday trip to Kiser Lake. Here are the species we encountered. Fishing pier just off Kiser Lake Rd. (Southeast side of Lake) Gray Catbird Yellow Warbler (several) Brown-headed Cowbird Red-winged Blackbird Blue Jay Mallard Downy Woodpecker Mourning Dove Warbling Vireo Common Grackle American Crow Northern Cardinal Red-bellied Woodpecker Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Towhee Northern Parula (heard) East side of lake near campground Blue-winged Teal (about 3 pairs) Canada Geese Mute Swan (x2) Tree Swallow American Coot Mallard Killdeer Turkey Vulture American Robin Also walked the trail next to the pier going back to the Boy Scout/shelter house area and along the shore behind the shelter house Northern Parula (chased for quite a while and finally saw it) House Wren Wood Duck (pair) American Coot (pair) Solitary Sandpiper Barn Swallow Gray Catbird Wild Turkey (heard) Carolina Chickadee Great Blue Heron Black-throated Green Warbler (really cool bird and let us get within about 5 feet) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]