I won't say this is the first sign of spring, but I was surprised Sunday while driving down Canal Road in Valley View across for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park when a male Bluebird darted in front of my car. He shot out in front of me so fast that I had to break or he would have hit my windshield. With his close proximity, there was no doubt about his identification. Call it what you may; his sighting brightened my day with hopes of brighter days to come. Mary Walton Hills, Cuyahoga 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]