There was some great bird activity today in my little corner of western Holmes County. Luckily I had to the day off to enjoy it! It started off at 5:30 am with the return of the Whip-poor-will. Hadn't heard it since May 18th. On the Holmes County Trail near Killbuck, I found a Louisiana Waterthrush feeding one of its fledglings. Pretty exciting! Back home this afternoon and all this evening things have been really been hopping. The Prairie Warbler sang for a little while. Had a Nighthawk fly over. Saw and heard a Black-and-White Warbler in our Silver Maple as as well as a pair of Yellow-throated Vireos. And, an Acadian Flycatcher called a few times. But probably the most exciting has been at least one pair of Black-throated Green Warblers that have been hanging around for about a week now. Earlier in the week, and especially tonight, a male has been singing at various points on our property as well as across the road at my mother-in-laws as if establishing his territory. Kent Miller provided me with a link to the Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II where I was able to find out that it is probable that BTGW, B&W, Prairie Warblers and Whip-poor-wills nest locally. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out on these birds. I guess letting things grow up on our 10 acres is finally paying off. Happy birding! Michele Skolmutch western Holmes County ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]