After finding some new arrivals in our Rocky River backyard this morning, including a Hermit Thrush, a female Eastern Towhee, White-crowned Sparrow, and about ten White-throated Sparrows, Ann and I decided to check out Elmwood Park. From 11:45 AM till 1:15 PM we turned up the following species: Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Chimney Swift Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Eastern Phoebe Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet many Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Hermit Thrush Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Palm Warbler Common Yellowthroat Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow White-throated Sparrow many White-crowned Sparrow American Goldfinch Surprisingly, didn't see any Yellow-rumped Warblers. On April 21 our last Fox Sparrow departed our backyard. From March 22 till then, except for 2 days, we had one in our yard, making it our best Fox Sparrow year ever! Started out on 3/22 with three, reaching a high of 5 individuals on 3/26 which hung around for a number of days. John and Ann Edwards Rocky River Cuyahoga County --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]