Hello all, Went to the movies tonight and the nighthawks were back over the Wapakoneta theater, makes me feel like summer is finally here.... Troy > Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 18:27:21 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hoover Nature Preserve, Delaware County > To: [log in to unmask] > > > 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]