Today was the first time in quite a while that I have been home most of the day to see what is coming to my feeders in North Perry. I was kind of surprised to see a chipping sparrow and a fox sparrow amongst the many birds. Both were present throughout the day. I also counted 11 white-throated sparrows as well as a single white-crowned. When I first started feeding here wintering white-throated sparrows were either non-existent or were only single individuals. The number has been slowly growing over the last few years. Last year I saw 6-7 birds. I only had a single siskin at the feeder and no crossbills. I did have two flocks of white-winged crossbills fly by, one of 45 birds and the other of 14 birds. Both flocks were flying west. I have a few hemlock and spruce cones on the trees in the yard, but no takers. John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]