Good morning. Yesterday at 13:50 I heard what sounded like a Prothonotary Warbler . I grabbed my binoculars, ran outside (literally) and sure enough there he was in all his glory singing and singing. Then he flew into the woods and I didn't hear him anymore. About a half hour later I heard him again. So I run back outside and this is the wild part. For the next 30 minutes or so I watched him singing and flying around checking out and sitting on nest boxes. We have about 14 boxes of varying styles. He checked out at least 4 of them. The House Wrens were a little upset. The last time I heard him was at 15:42. So I thought : "Wow, that was so unexpected and really fun". I assumed that was the end. He was back this morning and singing at 05:57 and is still here. We only have a 20 ft. diameter wildlife pond in the back yard which is about 50-100 ft. from the boxes he was checking out. The next closest big bodies of water are .2 miles away. The woods on the east and south sides of our property are more of a lowland type woods. It does get wet in there and has standing water in places if we have enough rain. The ground is typically soft in a lot of areas through most of the year. I wonder what the attraction is. Maybe people with more experience with these birds can tell me how far away from water they will nest. Is this just an anomaly, or a desperate bird ? I find it hard to believe that he will find a mate right here although there are some nesting about 6 driving miles away. Well, whatever the reason, it's been fun. Shari Jackson Marlboro Township Stark County ______________________________________________________________________ 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]