Pre-dawn greeted me today with my first peenting Woodcocks of the season (DeLorme 70 D2). I had two birds that must have arrived overnight and didnt waste anytime staking territory. Even with all the rain and warmer temps, I still have about 50% of the land covered with snow/ice. The ground is still as hard as a rock under about .5 inch of thawed out, looser earth. Last year, my first Woodcock was on 2.28 on the same chunk of land. Glen Crippen Burr Oak Lake --------------------------------- 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. 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]