Hello Ohio birders. My name is Gus Fargus. I am helping my mother move back to Preble County. She has been sick but is okay right now. Thank you. These posts are intresting to me, as I am also a new birder and new to the list. I have problems typing fast. It amazes me how many words some people can type about kestrels or owls. I admre the time and knowledge they have!! I only type with two fingers and it has taken me forever to write this much. is there a way to make it easier to post to the internet Ohio birds site? Maybe special codes could be made free for beginners to past faster? and a section on bird books would be nice too. I have one from the library but I am not sure it is up to date. Like Tom said before I am also interested in rodents seeing as my mothers and mine feeder was forcedly taken down from our house in Indiana a couple winters ago because neighbors said they were atracting rats! But do not some hawks and kestrels eat rats? There seeems to be many new birders in Ohio. I enjoy reading the posts and hope for a place soon for my and their questions to be answered. Mother and I are debating putting up a feeder at the new house. We are not sure if the nieghbors will approve or if it will have a bad impact on local birds. That is now a worry. We have mostly chickadees, titmice starlings and sparrows. Maybe in time we will have more. Thank you for your time Gus Fargus Indiandpolis now but soon to be Preble County I HOPE!! p.s. pileated woodpecker with a red head was a new life bird for mother and I today! --------------------------------- Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]