Since the current thread of the list is a first this - first that, I have what may be a state-wide first. Yesterday, I noticed an adult female house finch in my forsythia bush that was acting kind of tame. I didn't think much about it at the time. Today, 4/24, I checked out the forsythia and found a FFFFFHF: translation "Frizzy Feathered First Fledgling House Finch". It didn't seem to want to fly, only hop about the bush so I am assuming this is the object of the attention of the adult finch yesterday. This is by far the earliest I have ever found a fringillid fledgling, maybe even a passiform except for horned larks at least at this latitude. Has anyone else had fledged House Finches this year yet? Roger Troutman ______________________________________________________________________ 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]