I took advantage of the great weather this morning tomonitor a portion of my nest box trail along the northeast shore of HooverReservoir in Delaware County. From the moment I began I almost constantly heardthe “Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet” of male Prothonotary Warblers. In the sunlightthey were a rich golden-yellow as they sang from branches, the top of nestboxes and any other advantageous perch. I counted 29 sing males and I was ableto locate 19 nest locations, made easier by the 10 using my nest boxes. Withthe additional territories previously identified at Oxbow Road, Wiese Road,Areas L, M and N I have verified 79 to date. Sunday we plan to launch the S.S.Hoover and begin our monitoring of the islands and areas accessible only byboat. If the current pace keeps up it should be a very good year for theProthonotary Warblers at Hoover Reservoir. Otherthan the Prothonotaries, warblers were mostly absent with only Blue-winged Warbler (1), Tennessee Warbler (1), NorthernParula (1), Yellow Warbler (5), Yellow-throated Warbler (2), LouisianaWaterthrush (1) and Common Yellowthroats (3). At the Bald Eagle nest things were active;one adult was at the nest with the ever growing eaglets. The second adult wasperched nearby. Fledging time is almost here for the triplets. Great Crested Flycatchers andBaltimore Orioles seemed to be everyplace along the trail. A complete list ofthe morning’s observations follows. Charlie Bombaci Hoover nature Preserve SPECIESLIST Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Green Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Osprey Bald Eagle Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Barred Owl Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee 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 Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing Blue-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting 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]