Red Winged blackbirds heard in Mentor last weekend.



On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 8:59 AM, [log in to unmask] <
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> The true first sign of spring is the annual debate on Ohio Birds as to
> what constitutes the first spring birds. You have your "Eager Anticipaters"
> who look for the return of the half-hardy species like Killdeer and
> Red-winged Blackbirds, and your "Strict Technicalists" who insist on
> neotropic migrants, and everyone in between.  Me, I like all my firsts -
> first junco of winter, first phoebe of spring, first cavity nesting bird
> checking out my bird boxes.  I say - don't harsh someone else's mellow.  If
> singing Eastern Meadowlarks and dancing American Woodcocks say "Spring is
> here" to you, so be it.  Spring is in the eye, and ear, of the beholder.
>
> Happy Valentine's Day and here's to an early Spring!
>
> Kathi Hutton
> Clermont County, where Red-winged Blackbirds and Eastern Meadowlarks have
> returned
>
>
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