Thanks group !!!!!!!!!! ... I got many nice responses, the majority agreeing with what I suspected but just wasn't sure ... a Chipping Sparrow in either a winter plumage or a youngster ... quite of few of the responses however suggested a young Swamp Sparrow, which was also on my "short list" ... I'd never seen either bird (in fact, I've never even heard of a Swamp Sparrow until I started trying to figure out what my guy was) so a Chipping is a first-time bird for me ... as to the Black-capped Chickadee or Carolina Chickadee, altho I hadn't asked about him quite a few of you responded because he was on the same page of "unknowns" as the Chipping ... you all were split just 50/50 !!! ... because it's not the best image in the world and therefore is quite questionable, I'm just going to pretend I never photographed that particular bird (grin) ... all-in-all in the 5 days I was in Ohio, I photographed 15 birds at my folks feeder or in their immediate backyard, I photographed 2 others at a nearby lake, and I saw 3 others but were not able to photograph them ... gosh, I even saw (but unfortunately didn't get to photograph) an honest-to-goodness Hinkely Buzzard !!!!!!!! (their return even makes the papers out here !!!) ... here's the beginning of my webpage which has some of the images sorted through and worked up ... more will be added later as I get time ... enjoy ... http://columbiariverimages.com/Birds/OhioBirds/index.html again, thanks again ... I may actually stay on your list for a while as the postings coming across mention so many places I knew as a kid ... I'm enjoying it. have fun birding, Lyn Lyn Topinka http://EnglishRiverWebsite.com http://ColumbiaRiverImages.com http://RidgefieldBirds.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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]