Hi all, I got out all morning with a bunch of folks focused on banding sparrows down at Deer Creek Wildlife Area in Pickaway County. Sparrows are really moving through central Ohio now, and conspicuous were many White-crowneds. While we didn't manage to catch any of the rarer species like Nelson's Sharp-tailed or Le Conte's, we did see a nice variety. This is a great time of year to be out checking old fields and wetlands. If you can't get out, you can view some close-up shots of a number of sparrows that we captured and banded today on my blog - URL in the signature line below. Jim Jim McCormac Columbus, Ohio Like nature? Visit my blog: http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/ Like birds? Join the Ohio Ornithological Society: http://www.ohiobirds.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]