The mother of a former student called to ask me what kind of birds she had in her yard. Since it was only about 1/4 mile from my house I went over and photographed 8+ White-winged Crossbills. She said there were more before I got there. I would be checking any hemlock trees in your neighborhood as the birds seem to be on the move south. The trees they were feeding in were not very tall, less than 15 feet but full of cones. Tom -- H. Thomas Bartlett Tiffin, Ohio [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]