Birded 8-3. Saw the following (caps indicate first spring sighting for me): Canada Goose (the six goslings nowhere in sight) Mallard Great Blue Heron - in tree at pond Green Heron - pond Turkey Vulture - flyover Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Ring-billed Gull - flyover Mourning Dove CHIMNEY SWIFT RED-HEADED WOODPECKER - ridge nw of pond Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Eastern Wood-Pewee - bridge Eastern Phoebe YELLOW-THROATED VIREO - bridge WARBLING VIREO - pond Blue Jay American Crow Carolina Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch Winter Wren - 6, 3 at pond, 3 at bridge Ruby-crowned Kinglet - everywhere Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - only 1 Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird - 1 at bridge Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling NASHVILLE WARBLER - 5 near pond, 1 at bridge Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 males BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER - 2 near pond, 1 Sec. 33 Pine Warbler - 6 m/f, near pond Ovenbird - 1 at bridge Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 shallow end of pond Eastern Towhee, m/f Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, M/F, at pond Brown-headed Cowbird House Finch American Goldfinch There IS a sign posted near the west (closed) entrance which says that dogs must be on a leash and under control of owner. I'd never seen it until today. Wouldn't it be wonderful if Greenlawn would open at least the walk-in gate during birding season? We could pop over and grab lunch to eat while we birded (instead of always packing). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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]