For those interested, an update of the bird species seen in Franklin County through the end of April is on the Columbus Audubon Society site at http://columbusaudubon.org/production/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=777&Itemid=238 . We are well ahead of last year's accumulation by this date, with 213 species. This includes eight species (four gulls!) we didn't see at all last year. I hope observers will keep us informed on additions to this list through 2012. I imagine many of Ohio's other counties would have roughly similar numbers on their lists if they compiled reports such as this. Franklin County certainly has no habitats exotic in Ohio, like lakeside marshes, fens, large beaches and dunes, hemlock glens, large tracts of mature hardwoods, etc., for which we compensate mostly with large numbers of skilled reporters. Anyway, this gives you and idea of how many species you might see here by the end of April if you were very active. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]