Hi all, I visited the Edge of Appalchia <http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/ohio/placesweprotect/edge-of-appalachia-preserve-system.xml> preserve yesterday to do some hiking and birding. I started with the Portman trail and followed up with The Wilderness trail. I took my time on Portman and made an effort to find as much as I could. I am just beginning to learn the Eastern songs so I'm sure I missed a lot. However, the birding was great. My lists for both locations are below, with multiple pictures included. I hope to return again soon to hike the other two trails on the preserve. Good birding. Portman Link w/pictures: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23186406 Wilderness Link w/pictures: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23186250 Complete Flickr Album from the day: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffbilsky/sets/72157651911228900/ Edge of Appalachia Preserve, Adams, US-OH May 2, 2015 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 4.0 mile(s) Comments: Hiked the entire trail and back down 53 species Canada Goose 2 Wild Turkey 1 heard nearby Double-crested Cormorant 8 flyover flock Black Vulture 3 Turkey Vulture 7 Cooper's Hawk 1 Broad-winged Hawk 3 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 5 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 4 Eastern Phoebe 2 White-eyed Vireo 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 9 Blue Jay 10 Carolina Chickadee 8 Tufted Titmouse 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Carolina Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 11 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Hermit Thrush 2 Wood Thrush 20 American Robin 8 Gray Catbird 3 Ovenbird 12 Worm-eating Warbler 2 Blue-winged Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Hooded Warbler 7 Northern Parula 3 Yellow Warbler 1 Palm Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 8 Prairie Warbler 10 Eastern Towhee 15 Chipping Sparrow 5 Field Sparrow 5 White-throated Sparrow 7 Scarlet Tanager 8 Northern Cardinal 12 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 Eastern Meadowlark 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 7 Baltimore Oriole 1 American Goldfinch 3 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23186406 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Edge of Appalachia Preserve--Wilderness Trail, Adams, US-OH May 2, 2015 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.5 mile(s) Comments: Hiked the loop 24 species Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 3 Red-eyed Vireo 5 Blue Jay 2 Carolina Chickadee 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 Wood Thrush 8 American Robin 4 Ovenbird 6 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Blue-winged Warbler 1 Hooded Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3 Eastern Towhee 5 Chipping Sparrow 5 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Scarlet Tanager 2 Northern Cardinal 8 Baltimore Oriole 3 American Goldfinch 2 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23186250 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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]