While birding today @ Shawnee Prairie Preserve (part of Darke Co. Parks), I stumbled upon my first Hermit Thrush of the year! Not huge, but i was excited! This is the list from 3:45pm-4:45pm today (april 18th)...sorry for the late post. Anyways, here is the full list... Canada Goose - all over the 'beaver' ponds Wood Duck-a couple pairs Mallards Blue-winged Teal - one fly-by Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Killdeer Mourning Dove Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe- 2 pair...both working on nests. Blue Jay American Crow Barn Swallow - actually, saw this on my drive home from greenville...on st.rt. 49 Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush - 1st of the year (for me at least!) American Robin European Starling Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird American Goldfinch Happy Birding all! Robb Clifford Darke County Parks Naturalist www.darkecountyparks.org ______________________________________________________________________ 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]