I had an appointment in Lancaster early afternoon but I was able to get a few hours of birding in at clear creek. It was not as leisurely an outing as my usual but I still got some good birds. A lot of birdsong early on, always a challenge to sort out the songs. I saw yet another male Kentucky warbler up close and heard at least two others at different locations. After hearing Hoodeds at several places this spring, I finally had a beautiful male perch up in front of me and sing—such a lovely warbler. I heard a N Waterthrush then saw and later heard a Louisiana at a different spot. True to form, the northern was by still water, the La by Clear Creek which was running high & muddy but not as high as I’ve seen it. Pine Siskins are pretty widespread it seems. I had a flock of at least 15-20. Denison Bio Reserve was v quiet but it was worth the walk as I got my FOY E Kingbird. It was catching insects off the surface of wood duck pond—a behavior I don’t think I’ve seen. It made multiple excursions, perching afterwards, fluffing & preening to dry off. V cool to watch. Clear Creek warblers—H heard only Tennessee-3 chasing each other N Waterthrush-H La Waterthrush Cerulean Yellow-throated-H Com YT Yellow-rumped Blackburnian BT Green KY Hooded B&W-H Yellow Am Redstart N Parula-H Ovenbird-H Nashville-H YT Vireo WE Vireo RE Vireo Indigo Bunting Brown Thrasher E Bluebird Wood Thrush Swainson’s Thr RW Swallow Tree Sw Acadian FC Great-crested FC-H Ruby-crowned Kinglet-H Rose-breasted Grosbeak Baltimore Oriole Great Blue Heron Denison warblers N Parula-H Yellow Com YT E Kingbird FOS Brown Thrasher Pileated WP Hairy WP Tree Swallow Peggy Wang Granville Sent from my iPhone ______________________________________________________________________ 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]