With the House Wrens & Tree Swallows moved on and no Eastern Bluebirds around this year, I have wondered who, over the past couple of weeks, has left the downy feathers stuck on the rough-edged opening of this year's new bluebird box. A little while ago on the regular evening stroll around the pond with my dog, something appeared odd about that opening in the rapidly diminishing daylight. Without binocs and about 3 feet away, I finally made out the stock-still head of a Downy Woodpecker as it peered out at me from its claimed roost. Guess they really were Downy feathers! This is the same box on which a Sweetheart Underwing moth was resting on September 24, its tree bark camouflage failing against the blonde wood. Kathy Mock Norton, OH Summit Co. "Nothing wholly admirable ever happens in this country except the migration of birds." - Brooks Atkinson ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. 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]