I checked out some favorite spots near home in NE Mahoning Co. this morning. Along Gray's Run in Lowellville were red-shouldered hawk, 2 e. phoebes, 3 golden-crowned kinglets, and a singing Louisiana waterthrush back on territory. I criss-crossed Coitsville Twp. next, birds included: 3 hen hooded mergansers on a tiny pond, red-shouldered hawk, red-headed woodpecker, 4 n. flickers, 2 e phoebes, 6 tree swallows (near nest boxes), e. bluebirds, 6 e. towhees, 3 field sparrows, dark-eyed junco, and e. meadowlark. Purple finch and dark-eyed junco are being seen at my Poland Twp. feeders. Craig Holt ______________________________________________________________________ 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]