While the intense spring bird migration that brings watchers from all over the country to Northwest Ohio has long passed, there remains a trickle of straggling warblers passing through, some of which have stayed behind and settled down to nest.
The annual smattering of prothonotary warblers, one of the most common species to stick around after the migration, often find themselves nesting in wet woods along the lake, where they nest in pairs.
“Nature is settling down to its more measured summer pace,” said Art Weber, nature photographer, who snapped this photo of a common yellowthroat, above. “Common yellowthroats are said to be our most common nesting warbler, though they can be difficult to see.”
Many birders have now turned to scanning marshy mudflats for migrating waders and shorebirds, including herons and egrets.
