The flock of pine siskins at my home in northwest Hocking County continues to increase. Today(Thursday, January 8)I counted 167. There have also been 6-14 purple finches daily, the highest being the 14 on January 4. There have been NO house sparrows. In the 19+ years I have lived here I have seen only two house sparrows. Jim Fry ______________________________________________________________________ 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]