This evening Linda and I took a walk at Wiese Road (Hoover Nature Preserve, Delaware County) to check on the activity. The variety was nice for a walk at 7:00 PM. Many of the birds were perching at bush or tree top to use the sun to their advantage as they sang. As such it was a little like attending an operetta with song and action. Baltimore Orioles were the most common species of the walk as they were virtually everywhere piping away, their breasts appearing like gold in the sunlight. Other songsters included Warbling Vireos, Red-eyed Vireos,  Yellow Warblers, Indigo Buntings, Song Sparrows, Northern Cardinals and Great Crested Flycatchers. Less vocal but present we found Cedar Waxwings, Red-headed Woodpeckers, Gray Catbirds, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and unusual for them, Prothonotary Warblers that were hopping around but not singing. Looking to the reservoir we observed Double-crested Cormorants and a couple of Osprey. Our last discovery of the
 walk was a longtime friend who had retired and moved north to Michigan that we met mid trail walking with two of her friends still here in central Ohio. Her smile was like an additional song bird for Linda and me.
 
Charlie Bombaci
Hoover Nature Preserve

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