9:30 a.m. to Noon at Spring Valley: - Purple Martins and Northern Rough-winged Swallows were mixed in with the Tree Swallows this morning feeding over the pond. - A few females have joined the male Red-winged Blackbirds. - Yellow-rumped Warblers profuse, first I've seen at this location this year. - One skulking Rusty Blackbird. Always a nice find. - 36 Coot, 11 Blue-winged Teals, 1 drake Gadwall, 20 or so Wood Ducks, geese, Mute Swans. - First trip here in a couple months with no Black Vulture, only Turkey, though found a few of those at roost on snags. Bird well, Paul -- Paul Dubuc, Dayton, OH at sign beween pauldubuc and gmail dot 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]