Pre-dawn greeted me today with my first peenting Woodcocks of the season (DeLorme 70 D2).  I had two birds that must have arrived overnight and didnt waste anytime staking territory.  Even with all the rain and warmer temps, I still have about 50% of the land covered with snow/ice.  The ground is still as hard as a rock under about .5 inch of thawed out, looser earth.  Last year, my first Woodcock was on 2.28 on the same chunk of land.

  Glen Crippen
  Burr Oak Lake


---------------------------------
Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.

______________________________________________________________________

Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.
Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.
Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/.

You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS
Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]