4/29/07 Remarkably, on the same day I picked up Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (tell me how there could be very obviously JUVENILE ybss in Ohio at this time of year!!), I heard, and subsequently found our property-first Red-headed Woodpecker. Might this be a record? Our property-wide woodpecker list today: - Downy - Hairy - Red-bellied - Red-headed (FOY) - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (FOY, unhindered looks at a very obvious juvenile...) - Pileated (seem to have a territory that abuts our property) - Northern Flicker Also, recent notables, White-throated Sparrows are here in big numbers for the past week, along with a single White-crowned (still only one, after a solid week). Our Red-tailed Hawk nest is bubbling with activity, as mom and dad feed bits of rodentia to the little ones. Oh...and if anyone is familiar with the area near MEDINA, I got decent looks at a nearly-certain (it was being difficult) Osprey over Spencer Lake. Surveyed my block for the OBBA-2, joining a year late, but thrilled to be involved. Finding the open-field-dominated landscape to be quite a challenge. Scott Wayne County ************************************** See what's free 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]