Over the last few days I've seen some nice birds in the backyard here in Grandview Heights. They include: several yellow-bellied sapsuckers, a winter wren (present for over a week now), a hermit thrush, bunches of white-throated sparrows and dark-eyed juncos, and best of all, a late ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK my wife spotted this afternoon. I'm hoping the bird comes back so I can get a better look...it was "flushed" when my dog made a run at the squirrels from the deck. Good birding, John -- John Kuenzli Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology The Ohio State University 300 Aronoff Laboratory 318 W. 12th Ave. Columbus, OH 43210 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]