Linda and I checked Old Sunbury Road and Area N of the Hoover Nature Preserve this morning. I had two objectives, first to see how my nest boxes fared during the recent storms, and second to see what migrants are showing up at the preserve. On the first I was pleased that the nest boxes endured the storms better than many trees. Hardly any damage that require repairs as the time for the arrival of the Prothonotary Warblers nears. I expect the first males to return in a week to 10 days. On the second, we were surprised by a few of the new arrivals. Both resident pairs of Osprey are back and as Dick Tuttle commented earlier this week the pair using the platforms at Area M in Galena have settled in on the newer platform which is closer to the boardwalk and will give everyone a much better look at them. An immature Bald Eagle seems to have established the area at the northern end of Hoover Reservoir as its favored territory as I am constantly seeing it either perched nearby or soaring over the reservoir. Although I haven’t seen or heard any Prothonotary Warblers yet, Linda and I observed Yellow-throated, Pine, Yellow-rumped and Yellow Warblers. I was somewhat surprised by the early arrival of male Yellow Warblers. This is the earliest date I have observed them at the preserve. I have listed the more interesting (to me) species below. Charlie Bombaci Hoover Nature Preserve SPECIES LIST Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Wood Duck American Black Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Osprey Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Coot Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Pine Warbler Eastern Towhee Fox Sparrow White-throated Sparrow ______________________________________________________________________ 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]