Since I'm in the process of moving from the inner city to the virtual suburbs of north Columbus, I'm looking for a new neighborhood birding home. Today I spent about the same amount of time (about an hour and a half) struggling around an ice- and snow-packed trail loop at Sharon Woods as I did sitting in my cozy car observing the feeders at Thurber Pond in Greenlawn. Hmmm . . . . In Sharon Woods I saw 9 species, the most exciting being the redtail that soared over and landed as I went out the gate. But at least there were titmice, which Greenlawn unaccountably (by me) hasn't had in years. At the cemetery I saw 16 species, the most exciting being the merlin that buzzed the feeders so fast that most of the little birds didn't even have a chance to scatter. Also my first hairy woodpeckers of the year --a pair. Plus I had a pleasant chat with another of the regular birders there. If anyone is familiar with birding at Sharon Woods, please email me directly--I need guidance! Maybe even a native guide! Thanks and good birding. Pam Unger Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time. We are in it now. --Charlotte Perkins Gilman ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL ______________________________________________________________________ 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]