Last evening, Jane and I walked around the perimeter of the successional field, I heard my first "chk-brrr" of the year. Scarlet tanagers have arrived. This morning, on the snag above the tangled thicket in the same field, I heard and saw my first 2013 blue-winged warbler. I believe this bird must be the same we had last year, who sings a slightly peculiar "Feeeeeee-Fee-Fee-Bzzzzzz." Carefully looking at him through the binoculars, as he belted away in the snagtop, I did not see anything to suggest that he is anything but a blue-winged warbler, but the song gives me pause, and suggests possible hybridization. I'm still waiting for my lifer golden-winged here. I also heard my first-of-season yellow warbler around the edge across the hill this morning Both white-throated and white-crowned sparrows are singing this morning. I think I heard a rose-breasted grosbeak in the forest, but he didn't repeat, so I won't count it just yet. I will check back later today. House wren showed up first last Monday, 4/22. Vireos, likely red-eyed, have also been around for a few days, in the budding canopy and difficult to spot. I think Tuesday was the first I heard them this year. Bob Evans ______________________________________________________________________ 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]