This cool morning brought a lot of birds to the edge of the pond to forage for insects. I stopped to watch the activity, Eastern Kingbirds, yellow warblers, phoebes, a Swainsons thrush and a surprise visitor, a Northern Waterthrush. The waterthrush stayed on the edges of the pond and sang most of the time as he worked his way around. Was still there when I left after an hour. There were also two green herons, one perched on a log in the pond, and the other sitting in the top of a tree overhead singing his croaky song. (I think this qualifies as a courtship song…the habitat is adequate.) Also a pair of Baltimore Orioles in good habitat for nesting. Inga Schmidt Chagrin River Road, Geauga Co. at the Cuy. Co. line ______________________________________________________________________ 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]