I was at Hell Hollow this morning doing some plant surveys and had some interesting birds also. The best was a singing male WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. It was at the top of a hemlock tree singing. It flew to the top of another hemlock and continued to sing. I was un able to see if a female was in the area, but it looked promising. There were lots of singing dark-eyed juncos and winter wrens. They were already on territory. What i found interesting were a single singing magnolia warbler and two American redstarts. All of which were acting as if on territory. All were in areas where they regularly breed. It seems early for them. Other breeders of note were blue-headed vireo, (3), black-throated green warbler (6), cerulean warbler (2), and Hooded warbler (3). I also had a black-billed cuckoo. There were rose-breasted grosbeaks everywhere. John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]