Since Ohio is in places only six miles from Canada, we have grown accustomed to paying close attention to the collective knowledge and information kindly supplied this time of year by our colleagues up north. See http://www.jeaniron.ca/2014/forecast14.htm for this year's predictions for the presence (or absence) of winter finches and other seasonal specialties in nearby areas. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]