Location: My Yard Observation date: 3/28/09 Notes: FOS Song Sparrow,Chipping Sparrow, Killdeer, Hermit Thrush, Gold-crowned Kinglet.The Thrushes were unusual in that they were observed high in the trees. The Pine Siskins have been around for about 2 weeks. I have not heard the pair of Great Horned Owls calling for at least 6 weeks, I hope they are still around and on the nest. Number of species: 23 Mallard 1 Killdeer 1 Ring-billed Gull 5 Mourning Dove 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Red-Tailed Hawk 1 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Hermit Thrush 3 American Robin 8 Song Sparrow 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco 8 Common Grackle 12 House Finch 2 Pine Siskin 2 American Goldfinch 9 House Sparrow 4 See you on the trails, Chris Pierce N. Olmsted, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]