This afternoon I checked Areas L, M, and N ofthe Hoover Nature Preserve in hopes I might find my FOS Prothonotary Warbler.The eBird Maps indicate reports of PROWs as close as the Cincinnati area so it will notbe long before I hear “Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet” and declare it to be Spring.No luck today, but soon. I visited Area L (Dustin Road), Area M (Boardwalk) andArea N (the wetland forest just south of Front Street in Galena). In spite of abrisk, chilly wind, activity was fairly constant and added 5 FOS species to myyear list. Highlights at Area L include high numbers ofboth Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Great Egrets and a Pileated Woodpecker. Highlights at Area M include both an adultand an immature Bald Eagle, 3 Osprey, Caspian Terns on the boardwalk rail mixedin with the Ring-billed and Herring Gulls, a Yellow-throated Warbler, EasternPhoebes and Common Loon. Highlights at Area N include Blue-wingedTeal, Red-headed Woodpecker (5), Pileated Woodpecker, Brown Creeper,Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Yellow-rumpedWarbler (30+) and Yellow-throated Warbler. CharlieBombaci HooverNature Preserve SPECIESLIST Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal (FOS) Osprey Bald Eagle Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Coot Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Caspian Tern (FOS) Mourning Dove Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Blue Jay American Crow Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet (FOS) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (FOS) Eastern Bluebird American Robin European Starling Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler (FOS) Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle American Goldfinch ______________________________________________________________________ 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]