Blendon Woods is showing lots of late straggler and early migrant activity this afternoon. An hour spent around the nature Center,Goldenrod Trail, and Lake Trail found a good list of birds, including waterfowl - Thoreau lake had small#s, but good diversity, with Wood, Black, Shoveler, Gadwall, LesserScaup, and Ring-necked Ducks still present Red-headed Woodpecker - an adult was still foraging along the pipeline cut on the Lake Trail E.Phoebes - 2-3 were foraging along the Lake Trail Tree Swallows - a flock of 40 were fluttering over Thoreau Lake gleaning a few insects BrownCreepers - at least 2 were along the Lake Trail Kinglets - only Golden-crowns, but there were plenty of them Gnatcatcher - a Blue-gray was hanging around the Nature Center area (I also had one at Berliner Park this morning, so they may have moved in on a broad-front) Warblers - only Yellow-rumped, but there were 3-4 of them along the Lake Trail Tree Sparrow - still 1 hanging out around the Nature Center feeders Field Sparrows - 2-3 were singing in meadows along the Goldenrod & Lake Trails Fox Sparrows - 1 was foraging under the feeders at the Nature Center ______________________________________________________________________ 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]