Friday, May 7, 2010

Shawnee State Forest, Ohio

I made a short trip down to the Kentucky-Ohio border to photograph some southern woodland species at the Shawnee State Forest.  This area is sometimes referred to as Ohio's "Little Smokies".  In April of 2009 a portion of the forest burned and was presently being logged.  This disturbed area produced good shooting for Prairie Warblers.

There were a number of Yellow-breasted Chats in the same area but they were not very cooperative.  Rufous-sided Towhees, however, were everywhere.


In the undisturbed parts of the forest Hooded Warblers and Worm-eating Warblers posed for the camera but Yellow-throated  and Cerulean Warblers were tough to coax down out of the canopy.

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