Following up on Russ' report from Lima of having Red-winged Blackbirds at his feeder, I, too, can report one in my yard today. I live in Clintonville, a suburb on the north side of Columbus. I'm excited to have seen - and heard - this bird in my yard this morning because it is my personal first sign of spring! Previous "first dates" of seeing them in my yard are: 2005 - March 11 2006 - Feb. 25 2007 - March 3 2008 - Feb. 18 In some years I saw them somewhere else before I saw one in my yard. In some years I had the first grackle or brown-headed cowbird of the season in my yard before the first red-winged blackbird. In every year I heard of them being seen elsewhere in Ohio before I saw one in my yard. No matter... spring is here now as far as I'm concerned! Debbie Woischke **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=fe bemailfooterNO62) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]