Had our first Ruby-throated at our hummingbird feeder this morning. Time to get those feeders out! In other birding news here in SE Ohio, a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers spent about a week excavating a nest hole in a dead Big-tooth Aspen in our front yard. As mentioned in Birds of North America, the male did the majority of the excavating, while the female watched. It's a good life ;-) I haven't seen either of them at the nest hole for about a week - I hope that means the female is in there incubating. I don't want to disturb them if they are in there - they are very wary. Finally, we spent about 3 hours last night trying to call up Great Horned or Eastern Screech Owls in a couple of our OBBA blocks. It was perfect weather for owling - calm as can be and not too cold. Unfortunately, the owls did not agree - one distant screech owl was all we heard. Good birding, Janet S. Duerr Athens, 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]