The H.M. S. Hoover hit the water again today, Sunday, June 15. Our crew for the day included Shaune Skinner, Lynn Solomon and myself. The day's areas of coverage to monitor Prothonotary Warblers, and what else nature might provide on Father's Day, began with the two inlets at Twin Bridges boat launch area on Redbank Road and continued south along the east shore of Hoover Reservoir to the Lake of the Woods area. We observed over 30 Prothonotary Warblers along this area and logged in 17 new territories. Our aggregate total as of now is about 150 confirmed territories, most of which are currently either incubating eggs or feeding hatchlings. The coming week or so should have so many hatchlings coming into the world that the area could pass as a popcorn with butter machine. Wonderful new Prothonotary Warblers hatching everywhere. We did have many great moments with birds other than Prothonotary Warblers. Canada Geese, Wood Ducks and Mallards were observed with their growing fledglings in tow. I always find it amusing how the little ones seem to run on water when we come into sight. We simply sit back and enjoy the sight. We located an active Belted Kingfisher burrow. The adults initially were perched together near the entrance and then the female swooped down and into the burrow. Nearby were multiple active Bank Swallow burrows. The earthen wall was like a lakeside condo for birds. Under the bridges were about 100 Cliff Swallow nests. A list of all the species for the day follows. Charlie Bombaci, for Shaune, Lynn and myself. Species: Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Mourning Dove Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird European Starling Yellow Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Ovenbird Louisiana Waterthrush Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal Indigo Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole American Goldfinch House Sparrow ______________________________________________________________________ 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.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]