Fellow feeder watchers, This morning there were THREE Chipping Sparrows at my feeder station. 1-3 Chippies have been present all month. Nice winter treat. The real treat, however, has been the woodpecker show. In addition to the numerous Downy's present all the time, along with the three or four Red-bellies, there has been a pair of Hairy's and a pair of Yellow-bellied sapsuckers. The Sapsuckers are especially nice, as I don't see much of them except in winter. The suet feeders are quite close to the sunroom windows, so I've even gotten great photos. There has also been one Flicker who shows up every day of so. To top that off, there was a Pileated woodpecker on the ground behind the feeders this morning. I see it about every three days. All in all, a great woodpecker show. Add the two Brown creepers, the white breasted nuthatches, and all the regular suspects and it makes for a great January. With exactly one Starling, one Grackle, and one Cowbird (the perfect number for these species), the January yard list now stands at an impressive 41 species. The number of guest birders (homo sapiens) stands at one. Others welcome. joe in the woods Somerset, Ohio Perry 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]