My route today included Island Road south . It was not extremely birdy, but I did have some good luck at the intersection of Capel Rd. and Island Rd. I heard a Dickcissel call a number of times in the tall grass in a field on the east side of Island Rd. I stopped and heard the call a number of times. Then 2 birds flew out if the grass and up to the wires along the road. They were a male & female Dickcissel. After a minute or so, they dove back into the tall grass. I heard another Dickissel singing near the ditch, a 1/4 further south on Island. Also heard near there were some Savannah Sparrows. More Savannah Sparrows were heard at various locations throughout the rest of the ride. I also had a calling Purple Finch on Schady Rd. in Olmsted Twp. See you on the trails, Chris Pierce N. Olmsted, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]