Well I've been laying low this past week just having fun watching the backyard birds as they swarmed the feeders in this cold snowy weather we've been having. I took a nice walk today and spotted a few more birds in the back 40 acres including the cute little Golden-crowned Kinglets which I haven't seen yet this January surprisingly enough. They are some of my favorite little sprites. They seem to just move up and down the corridor along the stream that runs through our property, and I'm lucky enough to be able to hear them before I see them. List: Feeder / trees by the house birds: Carolina Wren - 2 our locals, they are almost never seen actually feeding before, I found it interesting American Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow Juncos Carolina Chickadees Tufted Titmice W-b. Nuthatches Downy Woodpeckers - (often 3 at a time!) Red-bellied Woodpeckers - 2 (male and female) Cardinals House Finch Am Goldfinches Blue Jays Robins E. Bluebirds - 4 (yea) House Sparrows Starlings Further out in the back 40 Golden Crowned Kinglet - 6 Mourning Dove - 25+ Am. Crow- 5 N. Mockingbird - he's actually been up near the house the day before Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk - 2 It would be cool to find where these are nesting- must be nearby. More American Tree Sparrows and Juncos etc. Tomorrow I go to the Lake Erie shoreline etc, here's hoping for some good luck. Good birding to all, - Ben Warner ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. 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]