I forgot to sign and locate my previous transmission. Since I regularly admonish others for this transgression I have have duly slapped my own wrist with a ruler. I saw the merlin near the feeders at our place, Valhalla Acres Fiber Farm, Hopewell Township, Muskingum County - in the far western part of the county. Bob Evans Geologist, etc. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]