Greetings, and Happy Easter, may the joy I have on this day be with you as well! I went to Lawrence Woods in Kenton Ohio today to keep it local not for any cause, just no gas money :-D. TONS of birds, White Throated Sparrows, Ruby Crowned Kinglets..., Yellow Warblers, Butter Butts...(Yellow-Rumped Warblers ;-D) were the most prevalent of the smaller birds in the woods. Winter Wren, House Wren, Crows, Black Birds, Downys, Flickers, Pileated Woodpecker (heard and seen "evidence"), Pheasant, Meadowlarks, Blue Gray Gnatcatchers, Titmice, Geese, and Goldfinches were the usual. For the unusual here, I heard the "fee-bee fee-bay" of Carolina Chickadees, I saw Chickadees up high in the trees. I know through Cornell Labs, that Black Capped will sing out "fee-bee", but do they follow up with that "fee-bay" sound as well? Lawrence Woods is a flower wonderland this time of year. Early spring Flowers are hitting their prime.: Yellow Trout Lilys were seen all over one lone white was seen at the split. The Marsh Marigolds that the Woods are known for, are just phenomenal! Dutchman's Breeches are a little past prime but still amazing, and the Bloodroot are done...darn I missed them all...oh well there is always next year. The Trills are juuuust about there. I saw maybe three of the smaller white that were out, but the majority were just peaking out, and some were still closed. Wild Geraniums were here and there. And the whole forest floor were covered with all of the little bitty flowers that are normal for this time of the year, it was almost a carpet of white. A couple of the smaller red squirrels were out playing out and about as well. I posted a lot to my smug Galleries both in the unsorted flowers and birds sections.: http://sjlarue.smugmug.com/Unsorted Have a great rest of the weekend! Steve J. (sjlarue) Psalm 19:1 (ESV) 1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]