Today stopped at Tinkers Creek State Nature Preserve (Portage County). Saw a handful of brown creepers on the north trail. This is the area were I spotted a nest some time back. Then walked on the other trail. Did not make it as far as the first turn off and heard brown creepers. Saw a few at the tree that usually sports the most in the winter. Continued on to the area near pond one, which is where I usually see lots of kinglets in the winter. Was stopped in my tracks when it sounded like a wintertime brown creeper frenzy. I could see cedar waxwings in the treetops and thought perhaps this was the noise - plus know there are mockingbirds out there. But it turned out over a dozen brown creepers were surrounding me. This is the number I could see at one time. Ended up just sitting there watching them, did not walk out any further. It was also nice to see: 2 bald eagles a pair of scarlet tanagers and on my way out there was a red breasted grosbeak as well as a flycatcher (think willow) in a tree seen from the parking lot. Renee ______________________________________________________________________ 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]