Fox sparrows have been present at my home in northwest Hocking County for 30 consecutive todays. Today(April 5)there were six which tied the previous high on March 25. Purple finches are still here and have been since December 5. The male pine warbler which arrived on March 7 started singing about ten days ago and now a female is also present. The first phoebe arrived today. Last year the first one arrived on March 11 and two years ago the arrival date was March 10. The previous latest arrival date was March 29. Jim Fry Hocking County ______________________________________________________________________ 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]