I took a hike this afternoon along the North Fork looking for signs of spring. It still feels like winter but the creek is starting to get that early spring green color. It won't be long now. Jim Dolan Species seen: Mallard Black duck Canada Goose Red-tailed Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Ruffed Grouse Wild Turkey Mourning Dove Kingfisher Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Blue Jay Crow BC Chickadee Tufted titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Northern Cardinal Eastern Towhee ______________________________________________________________________ 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]