Have other Ohio feeder watchers observed a significant lack or absence of song, tree, white-throated and white-crowned sparrows at their feeders this winter? Sure, a person can go to Killdeer Plains, Big Island, etc. and see decent numbers, I'm guessing, of these relatively common feeder species. Did the subzero temperatures of late November push sparrows south of where they would normally winter in Ohio? Towhees are basically unknown in Richland County this winter. A few can normally be found at the southeast areas of the county. When is the DOW going to introduce a raptor that preys on starlings & house sparrows? Stay safe, stay warm, John P. Herman ______________________________________________________________________ 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]