For the third year in a row, a female Merlin has returned to Old St. Joseph's Cemetery in the Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati. Last year it was seen on Nov. 19; in 2004 it was first seen on the 20th. In 2004 a male was also present on at least one occasion. Now if it will only be kind enough to fly the short distance to my yard. I had a couple of fleeting glimpses of distant small falcon silhouettes last winter. We certainly have a few House Sparrows we could donate to her diet. I also drove a few miles west to New St. Joseph's Cemetery in hopes of finding another Merlin (why not?). No luck but a juv. Red-tailed Hawk gave wonderfully close looks from the driver's seat. A nice way to add 40 minutes to a 20 minute errand. Bill Zimmerman Price Hill, Cincinnati 74D3 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]