Thismorning I was joined by 8 hardly individuals for an Audubon Society bird walkat the Hoover Nature Preserve. We met at Hoover Meadows at 8:00 AM and beganthe morning walking the paths in the meadows. Under a slight drizzle we weregreeted by a Common Yellowthroat that teased us but would not come out. I hopedthis wasn’t a sign of the day to come. Fortunately the weather held and thebirds clocked in. Two immature Bald Eagles did a fly over, one chased by aRed-winged Blackbird. Multiple Green Herons were moving above the wetlands. Weobserved numerous Orchard and Baltimore Orioles. Warblers were represented by Blue-winged,Black & White, Blackburnian, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Magnolia, AmericanRedstart and Common Yellowthroat. Flycatchers included Great Crested, Willow,Acadian, Phoebe, Peewee and Eastern Kingbird. Lots of Gray Catbirds, BrownThrasher and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. We nextmoved across the street and walked Old Sunbury Road. My highlight was the ProthonotaryWarblers. I counted 15 males and 6 females. Several of the males put on a showfor my guests, perching on nest boxes and singing their hearts out for them. Ibrought the group to a good vista to view the Bald Eagle nest. The eaglets aregetting BIG, practically overwhelming the nest. They are very close to fledgingthe nest. Other species observed include Red-headed Woodpecker, Double CrestedCormorant, Osprey, Great Crested Flycatcher, Baltimore and Orchard Orioles. Thedownside, ticks. They are out in numbers so DEET season is open. Tow guests hadone each, one had enough that we lost count, everyone else had none (bestchoice). Adecent day of birding considering the weather. A nice group of people to enjoya morning birding with. CharlieBombaci HooverNature Preserve THEDAY’S SPECIES LIST Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Green Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Mallard Osprey Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird White-eyed Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird American Robin Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Blue-winged Warbler Yellow Warbler Magnolia Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Black-and-White Warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Common Yellowthroat Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow ______________________________________________________________________ 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]