This morning I had the fun and pleasure to host Saundra McBrearty and a group of the dedicated volunteers from the Delaware Preservation Parks at the Hoover Nature Preserve. Initially I thought it was going to be a very slow day as the weather was overcast and there were fishermen everywhere including very near the nest boxes. However, someone must have been looking out for us as in spite of the fishermen we were able to view multiple Prothonotaries at Area N. Everyone got to see one pair bringing material to their nest box and the bonus round was the natural cavity we located. The pair at this site were busy with their nest building as they brought material and went in and out of the nest cavity often. The nests were each at a different stage as one pair was still bringing moss to their site while the other pair were in the finishing stage and the female was bringing rootlets to form the cup at the nest top. The natural cavity nest was in an old Downy Woodpecker hole. Additional species at Area N included Osprey, Baltimore Orioles, Red-headed Woodpeckers, Warbling Vireos and tree Swallows. I then took the Group to Old Sunbury Road where the highlight was viewing the Bald Eagle nest. One adult was on the nest and the mate was perched on a dead tree branch slightly up the shore from the group. While we watched the eagles a few Prothonotary Warblers flitted around us wanting their share of the attention. Other warblers in the immediate area included Yellow-rumped, Black-and-White, Magnolia, Yellow and Nashville. A lone Swainson's Thrush was working a brush pile and many Baltimore Orioles were in the trees and shrubbery. Indigo Buntings sang for us and a very bright Scarlet Tanager posed to show off his brilliant colors. Charlie Bombaci Hoover Nature Preserve ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]