i have been hoping for this day for quite a while. i have been watching the Toms and Hens courting/playing/mating since mid-May and FINALLY the first batch of poults were spotted today!! one mom and 10 poults walked through my backyard this morning in Gates Mills. i literally live at the confluence of Cuyahoga/Geauga/Lake Counties - in past years the poults were weeks earlier. maybe the weather, coyotes or other factors delayed their hatchings. buster ______________________________________________________________________ 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]