Birders, we are seeing a nice transition in our yard birds. Over the past weekend, using feederwatch counting rules: 4 pine siskins 12 goldfinches 11 dark-eyed juncos 7 house finches 5 house sparrows 5 chipping sparrows 1 tree sparrow 2 song sparrows 1 white-throated sparrow 9 cardinals 1 rufous-sided towhee 7-8 robins 5-7 common grackles 3 European starlings 5-6 brown-headed cowbirds 5 american crows 2 blue jays 6 black-capped chickadees 2 tufted titmice 4 downy woodpeckers 2 hairy woodpeckers 2 red-bellied woodpeckers 2 white-breasted nuthatch The carolina wrens have not been seen in a few days, and the house wrens are not yet here. The red tailed hawks have been screaming and the jays scream back. There's a (full) vulture roost three doors down. No bluebirds or tree swallows in my yard, despite all the boxes. Maybe I have them in the wrong spots. Bill ______________________________________________________________________ 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]