Last night from 3:10 to 4:00 pm I sat by the windows on wildlife at Pearson Metro-park waiting to go to a meeting in the next room. It started to rain hard, but the birds sure didn't care. Here is what I saw in 50 minutes. 1. Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 it never came down to the feeders 2. Mourning Dove - 4 3. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 pair; nice looks at the male up-close 4. Downy Woodpecker - 4; 3 females and 1 male 5. Blue jay - 1 6. Black-capped Chickadee - 7 7. Tufted Titmouse - 1 8. White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 males and 1 female 9. FOX SPARROW - 7 beautiful birds digging in the leaf litter. One was orange, one was grey/dull blue with deep red, several were orange-red, and one was cherry red. 10. Song Sparrow - 1 11. Dark-eyed Junco - 27 12. Northern Cardinal - 2 males, 1 female 13. Red-winged Blackbird - 4 males 14. Common Grackle - 1 15. Brown-headed Cowbird - 2 females 16. House Finch - 6 some males were beautiful, but no Purple Finches this evening. 17. PINE SISKIN - 2 one had dark, heavy stripes; both had strong yellow in the wings. 18. American Goldfinch - 14 at least. One was starting to turn yellow. 19. House Sparrow - 4 PS. I got a call from Julie Shieldcastle at the Black Swamp Bird Observatory and they had a Eastern Towhee at the back feeder behind the building in the afternoon. Happy birding everyone, Chris Knoll Education Director Black Swamp Bird Observatory 419-898-4070 Christopher J. Knoll Education Director Black Swamp Bird Observatory 13551 West State Route 2 Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 Phone: 419-898-4070 Fax: 419-898-1363 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]