This morning I participated in a tour of Fernald Preserve. While hiking the loop, I had a few spring migrant highlights including a singing BROWN THRASHER, a couple of BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, several CHIPPING SPARROWS and a few singing YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS. I stopped by Spring Grove cemetery afterwards and had more GNATCATCHERS, several CHSP and 3 YTWA all in the same bush. Another highlight was an FOY lonesome NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW. This continues to be a very reliable spot for finding SAPSUCKERS as well. Complete lists below. Good Birding. Fernald Nature Preserve (Hamilton Co.), Hamilton, US-OH Apr 11, 2015 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 5.0 mile(s) 37 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 25 Mute Swan 1 Wood Duck 6 Mallard 20 dabbling duck sp. 100 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 5 Turkey Vulture 12 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Coot 20 Killdeer 8 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 American Kestrel 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 4 Tree Swallow 30 Barn Swallow 5 Carolina Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse 5 Carolina Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 American Robin 10 One nest with 2 eggs Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 10 Yellow-throated Warbler 3 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 4 Field Sparrow 11 Song Sparrow 5 White-throated Sparrow 2 Red-winged Blackbird 50 Brown-headed Cowbird 7 American Goldfinch 12 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22802018 Spring Grove Cemetery, Hamilton, US-OH Apr 11, 2015 12:30 PM - 1:40 PM Protocol: Traveling 5.0 mile(s) 25 species Canada Goose 20 Mallard 5 Turkey Vulture 6 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Carolina Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse 9 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5 Golden-crowned Kinglet 4 American Robin 15 European Starling 8 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2 Yellow-throated Warbler 3 Chipping Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco 6 Northern Cardinal 11 Brown-headed Cowbird 4 House Finch 1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22802063 -- Jeff Bilsky 801-842-4013 [log in to unmask] flickr.com/jeffbilsky ______________________________________________________________________ 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]