This morning I heard the distinctive song from the Wood Thrush! Despite the week's snowy forecast, spring is here! What a beautiful noise in the woods this morning. Sunday, while planting tree seedlings in the ravine, I heard a Louisiana Waterthrush teasing me by singing and moving down the stream. I finally was able to spot him in a beech tree, but with the gray day and no binoculars, I could barely make out the streaked chest. Listening to a recording of a Louisisana Waterthrush's song confirmed my identification. Many others included: 2 Pileated Woodpeckers playing tag Eastern Phoebe Tufted Titmouse Black Capped Chickadee White breasted nuthatch Robin Downey Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Eastern Bluebird European Starlings Goldfinches Pine Siskins (3 still at the feeder) Blue Jay Cardinal House Sparrow (trying to get into one of the bluebird boxes) Great Blue Heron flying overhead Canada Geese flying overhead Turkey Vultures soaring overhead Wildflowers in bloom included: Dog Tooth Violet (Trout Lily) Squirrel Corn Bloodroot Spring Beauty Cut-leaved toothwort Broad-leaved toothwort Some early trillium (most not blooming yet but in the bottomlands, the one patch on the north side of the ravien was in full bloom!) Also spotted a spring azure butterfly! Great weekend to be outdoors. Chris McAnlis ______________________________________________________________________ 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]