Today was the best yard day of the year so far probably due to the weather last night. I live in an urban neighborhood with a wooded ravine behind my house that serves inner city migrant trap. Most of my time was spent on my roof adjacent to a large Chinkapin Oak which is a favorite of migrants. Warbler count will probably increase throughout the day as birds start to sing more. 5 of the Blackburnians and 6 of the Baltimore Orioles were all in the oak when I first checked it. Here is a photo of one of the Blackburnians: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mangoverde/6989713300/in/photostream Highlights: Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) 2 flyovers, calling Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 18 Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) 1 (I believe this is the 1st I have seen in the neighborhood over a span of 14 years) Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 1 Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) 2 Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 1 Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) 1 Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 2 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 2 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 2 Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) 2 Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 2 Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1 Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) 1 Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 4 Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) 7 Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 3 Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 1 Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 12 At least... White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 1 Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) 1 Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 20 At least... Cheers, Bill Hull Cincinnati, OH, USA ______________________________________________________________________ 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]