Here in southeast Ohio, the American Crows have decided that it really is spring - this weekend one was collecting a beak full of green mossy-looking plants for lining its nest. It gave us our first confirmed breeding of the season - unfortunately it is a species we confirmed in the same block last year. Sigh. Now if I could only find some of those Red-tailed Hawk nests in my blocks. Searching for birds (and waiting for spring), Janet Duerr Athens, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]