Hello Everybody: Spring has arrived!! We enjoyed seeing the first Tree Swallows at our place. It is always a thrill to have them return each year. We maintain a 60 nestbox trail on our property. We have had great success with these "little guys" using most of these nestboxes. Of course, we also enjoy the beautiful Eastern Bluebird. On Tuesday I went over to Pleasant Hill Lake and observed 5 Bald Eagles standing out on the remaining ice on the lake. I would assume they are migrants (3 adults, 2 juveniles). That evening I drove to Malabar Farm with the purpose of observing salamanders at a vernal pool. I didn't find salamanders, but I really enjoyed the "serenading" calls of 4 Eastern Woodcocks ( "peent") at sunset. Their courting ritual is something else. What a nice day in Mohican Country! Happy Birding, Don Plant, Perrysville, Ohio (Mohican Country) <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]