I spent this morning working my way around several areas at the Hoover Nature Preserve monitoring the PROW nest box trail. Activity is picking up and the first female PROWs are back on territory. This caused the males to puff their egos, perch and sing their lungs out. The females were only somewhat impressed. Likely they were more interested in feeding after their red-eye special north last night. A few though acted like it was an episode of “ Bachelorette” and put the males to the task. I had several individuals land and immediately be surrounded by multiple suitors. I observed one male that really has my curiosity in high gear. He is a male that has been banded and the band looks very much like the ones we used in 2004. This is 8 years later and I did not expect to see any of the birds we banded again. Could this possibly be one of the adults or hatchlings we banded? I’ll have to keep an eye out for him and chase down our old banding records for the color codes and locations. There was a nice mix of warblers on the preserve including Black & White, Nashville, Tennessee Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow , Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Green , Yellow-throated , Palm , Louisiana Waterthrush , Common Yellowthroat and Prothonotary Warbler. The Bald Eagles are doing well and are feeding hatchlings whose appetites resemble teenage boys loose in the refrigerator. Charlie Bombaci ______________________________________________________________________ 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]