Birders, on saturday morning I put out the birdbaths, and the yard was remarkably transformed. there are three times as many birds and 50% more species, although some are just chance. House wren Carolina wren Black-capped chickadee Tufted titmouse White-breasted nuthatch (red breasted last seen about 2 weeks ago)) House finch Northern cardinal Mourning dove Robin Blue Jay Am Crow Common grackle Cowbird Hairy woodpecker Downy woodpecker Red-bellied woodpecker Chipping sparrow White-throated sparrow (none all spring and now about 10) Song sparrow Great blue heron (flyover) Green heron (two, perched in a norway maple over my house, yeeling "KHOW!") Turkey vulture Killdeer Canada goose Conspicuously missing: N. oriole RT hummer Am. goldfinch hermit thrush good birding! Bill ______________________________________________________________________ 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]