This morning, along with the abundant goldfinches at the thistle feeders, were six pine siskins. The first I've seen here this year. Yesterday, a stunning (male would be redundant?) hooded merganser showed up on my puddle of a pond. Inga Schmidt chagrin river road geauga/cuy 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]