A female red-winged blackbird has been pecking in the snow drifts in our backyard and on the back porch this afternoon. Other than a downy woodpecker, she is the only backyard bird. Lois Harder - Ottawa County, Oak Harbor, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]