I spent a pleasant morning along the river on the Eldon Russell Nature Trail....a place I rarely go to. (Which I will change.) It was quite undisturbed, even on this warm Saturday, until after 11 when the canoes and kayaks started arriving. I had good looks at the Prothonatary warblers, sorting out who gets which nest jar. (At least two were wearing little bracelets in different colours.) Also a Blackburnian, a Chestnut Sided and a Yellow. Several blue grey gnatcatchers, a couple of warbling vireos and at least one yellow-throated vireo. And, particularly delightful, my first opportunity to see a brown creeper at it's nest. He was carrying a wormy thing, and flitted from tree to tree before finally approaching the nest, concealed in a tree with lots of loose bark. Also three rusty blackbirds, one male and two females, singing constantly. A lovely trio. Inga Schmidt ______________________________________________________________________ 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]