My daughter and I walked the preserve on Cleveland's lakefront yesterday afternoon -- still very large numbers of white-throated and white-crowned sparrows -- I've never seen such large numbers, mostly on the western side of the preserve in a large grassy area. Lesser numbers of song and chipping. Many ruby-crowned and golden-crowned kinglets. Merlin was posing in the large white oak with the dead top by the parking lot when we arrived and when we left. Several winter wrens, 1 house wren, a couple catbirds, many hermit thrushes, a possible orange-crowned warbler, 1 great blue heron, a few blue jays and chickadees, several brown creepers. And lots of lovely sunshine!!! Mary Huey Willoughby, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]