When the rain let up, around 5 this evening I went for a walk in my fields, along the power line corridor. The blue winged warblers, one of the few warblers that nest on my property, were back.. My pleasure in seeing them again was somewhat tempered by the fact that they were flitting about in the power line easement, due to be cut by First Energy in the next few weeks. Here is a corporate entity that is absolutely indifferent to the fate of nesting birds. In spite of the study they sponsored/ participated in a few years ago, demonstrating the potential value of the easement for wildlife, they cut without any consideration for the birds in their path. Other birds in the fields ......brown thrashers, yellow warblers, and rufous sided towhees. A n. mockingbird was present yesterday. A few pine siskins are still hanging on the thistle feeders near my house, but I haven't seen any behavior that would suggest a potential nesting pair. Inga Schmidt Chagrin River Road, at the Geauga Co/Cuyahoga Co. line ______________________________________________________________________ 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]