Red Winged blackbirds heard in Mentor last weekend. On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 8:59 AM, [log in to unmask] < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > The true first sign of spring is the annual debate on Ohio Birds as to > what constitutes the first spring birds. You have your "Eager Anticipaters" > who look for the return of the half-hardy species like Killdeer and > Red-winged Blackbirds, and your "Strict Technicalists" who insist on > neotropic migrants, and everyone in between. Me, I like all my firsts - > first junco of winter, first phoebe of spring, first cavity nesting bird > checking out my bird boxes. I say - don't harsh someone else's mellow. If > singing Eastern Meadowlarks and dancing American Woodcocks say "Spring is > here" to you, so be it. Spring is in the eye, and ear, of the beholder. > > Happy Valentine's Day and here's to an early Spring! > > Kathi Hutton > Clermont County, where Red-winged Blackbirds and Eastern Meadowlarks have > returned > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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]