Hello all, I've never met anyone whose favorite weather is 38 degrees and rainy, but those were the conditions that we enjoyed for much of our walk yesterday on the Inman Trail in the north section of Glen Helen. If it hadn't still been sunny when we started out, I doubt that many members of the group would have bothered to come along. Fortunately, for those of us who did endure, we found a nice, respective slice of winter residents, summer residents, and a few modest surprises. Here is our list. (Asterisks note first Glen Helen sighting of the year.) Great blue heron (1) Canada goose (8) Mallard (2) Turkey vulture (3) Mourning dove (4) Belted kingfisher (1) Downy woodpecker (5) Hairy woodpecker (2) Red-bellied woodpecker (4) American crow (3) Blue jay (2) Carolina chickadee (10) * Brown creeper (1) Tufted titmouse (6) White-breasted nuthatch (6) Carolina wren (1) * Ruby-crowned kinglet (1) American robin (4) * Northern mockingbird (1) Eurasian starling (1) * Yellow-rumped warbler (1) * Louisiana waterthrush (1) Northern cardinal (8) White-throated sparrow (4) Dark-eyed junco (10) * Chipping sparrow (1) * Brown-headed cowbird (2) American goldfinch (8) -Nick ------------------------- Nick Boutis Executive Director Glen Helen Ecology Institute 405 Corry St. Yellow Springs, OH 45387 Visit us online, at www.glenhelen.org ______________________________________________________________________ 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]