I had a nice surprise at my thistle feeder this morning-a couple of pine
siskins.
Other feeder birds:
red-bellied woodpecker
downy woodpecker
white-breasted nuthatch
tree sparrows
white-throated sparrows
dark-eyed junco
northern cardinals
American goldfinches-just a few
house finches
house sparrows in abundance
blue jay
European starling-one on my suet
There have been great-horned owls calling at night in the woods between our
house and downtown.
The bald eagle pair who have nested in the past on Middle Bass Island at the
airport were not on their nest on Monday. They have been reported in the
woods to the south of the runway. Their nest fell last fall in a big wind
storm and they had been rebuilding even closer to the runway.
Large numbers of Herring gulls and a few great black-backed gulls can be
seen on the ice on the west shore of the South Bass Island. The numbers are
growing with the numbers of ice fisherman with shanties present!
Still hoping and looking for crossbills!
Lisa Brohl

______________________________________________________________________

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]