A female Wood Duck wandered into our back yard this morning. She perched on the roof of a blue bird nest box and looked comically out-of-place! When her male partner flew over, she left the nest box roof to join him. They landed in a nearby flooded field. We're hoping they will nest again this year in a Wood Duck box along our wetland pond. Our Purple Martin colony is slowly returning. An adult male scout was seen around 7:00 pm yesterday. Today we are seeing 4 martins. So nice to hear their cheerful greetings! Lois and Vic Harder NW Ohio Ottawa County Oak Harbor ______________________________________________________________________ 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]