Yesterday evening, then again this morning, marked the first house wren of the year at our home in western Holmes County, singing loud 'n' clear from the edge of the neighbor's woods. Welcome back, little stinker! Also as of yesterday, the tree swallows (a personal favorite) that nest at our place seem to have progressed from the stage of flying in circles around, inspecting, and/or sitting on the nest boxes to actually spending some time inside them, typically with one of the pair sitting on top of the box, the other with its head poking beadily out of the hole for many minutes at a time, perhaps checking out the view or wondering how they are going to swing the payments. Owner financing available! Hee. Kurt ______________________________________________________________________ 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]