Hi, all--
        just received word by phone from Doreene Linzell that she and others
are on the way back from an encounter with the spotted towhee Pipilo
maculatus up near Toledo. Directions to this bird are on this list in
previous postings, but we must repeat thanks to host Jan Dixon, who was
sharp enough to recognize this bird, and kind enough to allow observers
to stomp around in her side yard to see it.
        I'm told that far more ardent Ohio birders are now in Kentucky, making
their way south to Key West, hoping to see what may be North America's
first confirmed loggerhead kingbird Tyrranus caudifasciatus sometime
tomorrow morning. A fifty-hour drive to spend a few minutes with a bird
that looks a lot like an eastern kingbird--that's devotion.
Bill Whan
Columbus

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