Luckily we had a good-ish number of people come out for the birdwalk this morning (Wed. mornings 8-9ish) at the Brown Fam. Enviro. Center (BFEC), near Kenyon College, Gambier(just off of rt. 229). We stuck mainly to the bikepath that goes thru the property, but spent some time on the grounds as well. Pretty happening place, and upon my way home on the nearby Lower Gambier Road I stopped to listen at an overgrown field and heard a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. PHILADELPHIA VIREO - 1 had really pretty good looks plus heard it singing quite a bit, pretty cool. FOY (first of year) Blue-headed Vireo - 4 or more, singing as well plus good looks FOY Yellow-throated Vireo - 4+ another apparently mated pair came in Warbling Vireo - 3 White-eyed Vireo - heard, but we didn't feel like finding it (it wouldn't have been hard, thanks to Birdpod) Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 along road on way out (see above) Yellow Warbler - many Common Yellowthroat - 4+ Yellow-throated Warbler - 4 Northern Parula - 5 great looks Hooded Warbler - heard only Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 or so, again great looks, FOY Nashville Warbler - 8 singing and seen well Black-throated Green Warbler- 6+ Black-and-White Warbler - 3 Louisianna Waterthrush - 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10+ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - lots, I found 1 hop onto a nest. Barn Swallow Tree Swallow Chimney Swifts Rose-breasted Grossbeak - 3 Orchard Oriole - 1 male looks like the breeding bird is back on territory Wood Duck - 5 flybys White - throated Sparrows - singing singing and very abundant right now White - Crowned Sparrow - several singing E. Towhees - 4 Belted Kingfisher - 1 I was surprised we didn't have many Scarlet Tanagers or Indigo Buntings today, should be up in more numbers there soon. thanks to everyone who came out, see you there next week Wed. Good Birding, - Ben Warner ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]