From the two ring-neckeds that showed up at the Quarry Lake last week, marking the official start of winter in my book, we now have 21 by this morning's count. Like the old New England tradition of judging the severity of the coming winter by the size of the wood piles your neighbors stack up, this early count harbors signs of a mid-range winter ahead. Howard Mueller Phone: 415-987-3106 (cell) **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news & more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=htt p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]