New birds for the season were showing up with the warm weather yesterday (Saturday, April 25th) here on South Bass Island. I heard a mockingbird early in the morning at the Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center and a Swainson's thrush in the evening. Palm warblers were seen in several locations at Scheeff East Point Nature Preserve. White-throated sparrows and ruby crowned kinglets were still around in abundance. My neighbor Susan Amrine, had a rose-breasted grosbeak in her yard the day before. This morning as I am typing this e-mail, a Swainson's thrush is just outside the window-got to get outside! Lisa Brohl ______________________________________________________________________ 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]