I went out to Block 59C6SE, again today, after first service at church. I birded about 3 hours, and netted 53 species, including 9 warblers, most on them on Hillcrest Road. Great blue heron - at bridge on Snyder Rd. Turkey vulture Red-tailed hawk Wild turkey - the closest I have ever been to one in the wild - just feet away Killdeer Mourning dove Red-bellied woodpecker Downy woodpecker Northern flicker Pileated woodpecker Eastern phoebe Great crested flycatcher Tree swallow Barn swallow House wren Gray catbird - lots of these, very vocal, made ID by ear problematic! Brown thrasher Eastern bluebird Wood thrush American robin Blue-gray gnatcatcher - caught nest-building! Carolina chickadee Tufted titmouse White-breasted nuthatch Blue jay American crow European starling House sparrow White-eyed vireo Yellow-throated vireo Warbling vireo Red-eyed vireo American goldfinch Yellow warbler Yellow-rumped warbler Black-throated green warbler Palm warbler Black-and-white warbler Ovenbird Louisiana waterthrush Common yellowthroat Hooded warbler Eastern towhee Chipping sparrow Field sparrow Song sparrow Northern cardinal Rose-breasted grosbeak - pair Red-winged blackbird Eastern meadowlark - on Martinsburg Rd. Common grackle Brown-headed cowbird Baltimore oriole - in someone's yard, near feeders! The warbler du jour had to be the black-and-white. I saw more today than I have ever seen in an entire season, let alone a single day. Great looks again at a great crested flycatcher, and at a wonderfully cooperative hooded warbler, just about five feet from my head. Thought I heard scarlet tanager, but couldn't spot it. Saw doe with fawn again today, and miscellaneous forest quadrupeds. What a great day to be alive! Margaret Bowman Licking Co., OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]