I am forwarding this message on behalf of Bill Whan, who is having some list-serve difficulties. Brad Sparks > Both red and white-winged crossbills are showing up > in good numbers > very early. Birding lists in New Brunswick, Ontario, > Maine, New > Hampshire, even Maryland and New Jersey are carrying > unusual reports. It > may be worthwhile keeping an eye out here. Atlasers > should be aware that > crossbills nest whenever they take a notion. > Other gleanings from > http://www.birdingonthe.net/birdmail.html > include kvetching, some of it hilarious, about the > price of black oil > sunflower seeds on MDOsprey (along with less funny > warnings about an > invasive freshwater alga lovingly called 'rock > snot'). FloridaBirds has > some interesting conversation on black skimmer nests > and human > disturbance. Finally, for those who find old stories > comforting, Parker > River NWR is charged in the Massachusetts list with > ignoring habitat > needs of shorebirds. If you are interested in > reading any of these, do > so quickly as birdingonthe.net carries only the > fifty most recent posts > to each list. > I'm visiting Jack Siler's indispensable site more > recently, because--as > I hear it--those of us with roadrunner accounts who > subscribe to > ohio-birds aren't getting it because some other user > of the Miami U > system has triggered a virus alert or something. I > just tried to send > this message and found I can't post anything > directly, either! > Bill Whan > Columbus > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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]