I live in the north end of Clintonville, a suburb on the north side of Columbus. This must be the spring of the chipping sparrow. Is anyone else noticing large numbers of them? I've been hearing a lot of them on walks at work, and then last night I had 17 of them in my yard! I already broke that record this morning with 21 and it's barely 10 AM! I also had a brown thrasher and two white-throated sparrows this morning, in addition to three juncos still hanging around. But 21 chipping sparrows?! Not bad for a yard that is only about 120 X 40 and mostly covered by house, unattached garage and a long concrete driveway! I've had a couple other "yard records" this spring, too. I had 13 red-winged blackbirds during the early March blizzard, and two mockingbirds on April 3rd. (I usually only see one, if any at all.) Other birds here include the "usuals": grackle, house sparrow, house finch, starling, pigeon, blue jay, cardinal, mourning dove, robin and downy woodpeckers. I'm still hoping for goldfinch, red-winged blackbird, brown-headed cowbird and Carolina chickadee, and any other surprises that want to come my way! Debbie Woischke **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]