Lee Underschultz Little Hocking, OH Athens County I'm sorry for taking so long to post this but I can't get this image out of my mind. About a week ago I was looking for evening migrants in my backyard. It was approaching 8pm and it was cool and had been raining. Amongst the birds I saw was a hummer perched in a tree about 40 feet away. It was poorly lit and all I could see of the body color was that it appeared to be solidly dark. But the thing that was unmistakable was that even seen with the naked eye the bill was bright red. It was about the size of a Ruby Throated hummer. Have there ever been sightings of a Broad-billed hummer this far north and east? The birding has been great here and I was lucky enough to catch a wood thrush returning to her nest in an oak tree within view of my kitchen window. She's about 40 feet up which surprised me. I've always looked low for thrush nests before but researching it in books I find that it's within range of normal for them. I also was fortunate enough to finally get to Magee Marsh during the "Big Week". Thanks to Ken's forecast I called my Friend on Thursday evening and asked if she wanted to head north early (5am)Friday morning. She was game and we were not disappointed. We even got to see the cooperative Kirtland warbler. What a great long look at him. The Redstarts were so plentiful they were starting to become almost annoying. It seemed that practically every flash of motion was a redstart. But there were plenty of other warblers there to share the show. One I was hoping to see was a black-throated blue and I had no sooner stepped onto the boardwalk when I saw one in the trees to my left. Now THAT'S my kind of birding! Thanks Ken!!! Lee Underschultz Firefly Hollow Little Hocking, OH www.fhsigns.com [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]