Location: My Yard Observation date: 5/3/09 Number of species: 22 Canada Goose 2 Mourning Dove 1 Chimney Swift 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 5 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 1 Carolina Wren 1 House Wren 1 Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 Swainson's Thrush 3 Wood Thrush 1 American Robin 9 Nashville Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 House Finch 1 American Goldfinch 2 House Sparrow 2 Non-birds: White -tail Deer 3 Cottontail Rabbit 2 Rocket J. Squirrel 2-3 The Flying Squirrels start their aerobatics after the sun disappears. It's fun to watch them as they do a circuit, climbing and silently gliding to the next tree. See you on the trails, Chris Pierce N. Olmsted, 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]