Backyard– Eastern Phoebe in tree above shed on flowering locust tree branch about 9 am and Eastern Wood Pewee intone/hopping all over catching flying insects. Wondering if Praying Mantis fly? 1:45 pm FOY Yellow-Throated Vireo in 75' Pine tree calling (asking questions/answering trills) and seen fly into locust flowering tree above shed. Scarlet tanager calling regularly. RT hummers visiting feeders too. Baltimore orioles and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers along Creekside Trail by baseball park along Factory Rd. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]