We've spent the past few weeks watching red shouldered hawks build a nest in our front yard. Today they spent their time mating and driving the young from last year away. They've nested in the back yard most of the past few years and have moved their nest to a new location in the front yard this year. This is the earliest in the year we've seen them mate. Other recent backyard sightings: Red Winged Black bird on the feeder for the past 2 weekends Turkey vulture soaring overhead this past Friday Jay Hudson, Oh Summit 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]