A loud "*PEENT!"* caught me by surprise at Veto Lake Wildlife Area this evening. I wound up getting a front row seat of an American Woodcock calling and displaying. I suppose this testifies to the unusually mild winter we're having here in southern Ohio. I'd be curious to hear of any other early woodcock sightings this year. I did a little checking around and it seems that we had a few reports back in January 2007. This is birding—expecting the unexpected. Kyle Carlsen Washington 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]