February 13, 2010 Adding to the growing list of Ohio's wintering female red-winged blackbirds, yesterday (2/12) we had one joining the hordes of house finches, house sparrows and starlings at our feeders. There has been nothing else of any particular note in the remainder of the mix, but it's always nice to watch the birds concentrated by heavy snow. (20-plus inches right here on Flint Ridge. Heavy 7 to 10 inches in other areas nearby, but right here on the hill it really dumped.) Downy, hairy and bed-bellied woodpeckers Plenty of goldfinches Carolina chickadees and tufted titmice White breasted nuthatches - I think we have six regulars occasional scads of mourning doves Eight cardinals A bluejay or two Song, tree and white-throated sparrows Plenty of juncos Wednesday (2/10) a little after noon I was driving home from an exhibit installation in Cincinnati. There were very few birds visible from my vantage point, as I drove north on I-71 toward Columbus, but I made note of a few. It had snowed heavily the night before north of Cincinnati (I drove through it on the way down.) The biggest surprise was a mockingbird fluttering around in the flurries above the median between Mile markers 40 and 41. Three turkey vultures were around Mile marker 39. A red-tailed hawk (adult) glided across the interstate at Mile 89. A ring-billed gull at Mile 97 was probably associated with Darby Creek, fairly nearby. Bob Evans Geologist, etc. Hopewell Township, Muskingum County ______________________________________________________________________ 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]