Hello Sunshine !!!! A great day to be in the woods. I took a walk along the creek on my lunch hour and today's variety of birds included: A cluster of Rusty Blackbirds..... Actually intermingling with the local Red-winged Blackbirds. Very noisy affair. Pair of Tree Swallows nesting in box provided as well as half a dozen feeding near by. Barn Swallows- 4 Turkey Vultures-6 Yellow-bellied sapsucker-1 Red-breasted Mergansers-6 Wood Duck-4 Heron Rookery-Birds active on most nests approx. 50 nests Bufflehead-pair Red-tailed Hawk-pair Bald Eagle-1 (immature) Leucistic Canada Goose nesting.....I call it blondie Added bonus in the wildlife dept. 1 American Mink ______________________________________________________________________ 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]