I made a jaunt through northwestern Ohio yesterday, Sunday Jan. 06. I spent about an hour from 8:45 AM to 9:45 AM along the Wabash Cannonball bike trail in Oak Openings Metropark without seeing the previously reported Evening Grosbeaks. While there, I met another birder who had been there since 7:50 AM without seeing them. The homeowner mentioned he had no noticed them in "a couple of days". The birds are apparently becoming less reliable here, but I notice Saturday's Grand Rapids-Waterville CBC does report them. The feeders at the Oak Openings nature center were hosting scores of Pine Siskins and several Red-breasted Nuthatches along with the more common winter birds. I stopped by the home of Linda Houshower in Bluffton and immediately saw the Rufous Hummingbird, which was actively feeding and perching in the garden. The bird is much further advanced towards adult male plumage than when I first saw him in November. Cheers, Paul Paul Gardner Columbus, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]