Blue-winged Warbler, Hooded Warbler, and Black-billed Cuckoo.

[Scott Manly]

While out in the Ionia State Game Area this morning at dawn, I had a chance close-encounter with a pair of Black-billed Cuckoos.  I also found the Blue-winged Warblers were back singing on territory, and I found a Hooded Warbler in the woods where I found the Prothonotary Warbler on Sunday (the Prothonotary was still singing too).  While watching those last two, I was delighted to hear the Barred Owls serenading each other nearby.  Not long before, as I came into that portion of the woods (along the dirt road), I found the crows mobbing the owls.
 
Pictures are on my Grovestreet sight.
 
http://www.grovestreet.com/jsp/picview.jsp?album=71650&view=detail
 
Also had my first Scarlet Tanager of the season yesterday morning along the rivertrail behind my house.
 
I have also posted a picture of a grosbeak that I am pretty is a juvenile Rose-breasted who was at my feeders yesterday.  He looks like a female, but has strong yellow on his breast.  I would appreciate a confirmation on that
 
Thanks,
Good birding,
Scott Manly,
Ionia, MI
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