A couple of firsts of the spring at our house: The first ruby-throated hummingbird, a male at the front porch feeder this evening. And, yesterday evening, the first wood thrush singing from the woods next door plus the first gray tree frog calling to go with the peepers and American toads. Also yesterday, on my drive home from work, I saw two great egrets very close to the road (route 226) through Killbuck marsh, midway between Willow Road and the Wright Marsh parking lot, west of Shreve in Wayne County. Kurt near Nashville in Holmes 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]