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I got out early this morning as the weather prediction was hot and humid. In
two hours I used both bottles of water I had with me. I monitored two areas
of the Prothonotary Warbler Nest Trail for the first time today and added 8
new nest sites to the 2007 total which now stands at 118. The locations I
visited this morning were Area Q and Area R, both include inlets on the east
shore of Hoover Reservoir. I also worked on the Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II
Project as these areas are in my adopted blocks. Today continued a trend that
has been going on during the past week, Yellow-billed Cuckoos were present in
good numbers at both areas. I heard about 15 this morning and I was able to
locate 7 of them including a pair constructing a nest. A Yellow-billed Cuckoos
nest is a wonder of nature. You wonder why the eggs don't simply fall through
the nest as it is constructed of loosely “piled”, or “deposited” sticks.
Other nests I located included Acadian Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Great
Crested Flycatcher and 3 separate Cliff Swallow colonies.
Birds of interest observed this morning:
Green Heron (5)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (7)
Barred Owl (1)
Acadian Flycatcher (6)
Great Crested Flycatcher (6)
Eastern Kingbird (13)
Cliff Swallow (78)
Wood Thrush (4)
Warbling Vireo (10)
Red-eyed Vireo (9)
Yellow Warbler (14)
Black-throated Green Warbler (1)
Yellow-throated Warbler (3)
American Redstart (2)
Prothonotary Warbler (8 males, 4 females)
Ovenbird (1)
Louisiana Waterthrush (2)
Common Yellowthroat (4)
Yellow-breasted Chat (2)
Summer Tanager (1)
Scarlet Tanager (4)
Indigo Bunting (5)
Charlie Bombaci
Hoover Nature Preserve
Delorme 58 C (2) & (3)
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