I started at Denison where things were quite slow. Only a few warblers but at least I finally saw a La WT after just hearing them for weeks there. One perched up & was calling, not singing but gave great looks, tail-bobbing & all.
Just before Bob McNulty called me (thx!) about the CT he had heard at Blacklick, I was witness to one of those little nature dramas we stumble into. I spotted a mink on the trail by a field which was strange enough & I watched it scamper across & disappear into some undergrowth. The next thing I see is a baby rabbit race out of the same area onto the path in a full-blown run. It ran inches away from my boot in a straight line, more afraid of the mink than me! Finally, quite a ways down the path it leapt into thick cover. No sign of the mink.
I knew the chances of seeing or hearing the CT Warbler were slim as it would take over 1/2 hr for me to get there. Initially, there wasn't much of anything around except a couple Swainson's Thrushes. I didn't see or hear v many of the warblers Bob had earlier but as we looped back to near the Lodge & were about to give up on the CT, the CT sounded off from deep cover not far from the main road. We never saw it or even any motion but it sang a number of times before falling silent.
Denison Warblers: La WT, N Parula, Yellow, Am Redstart, Magnolia
Orchard Oriole femaleVeery
BlacklickWarblers: CT (heard only), N Parula, Yellow-throated, Blackburnian, BT Green, Am Redstart femaleSwainson's ThrushVeeryBrown ThrasherRed-headed WPCooper's Hawk
Peggy WangGranville
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