Ironically, I had my FOY Red-winged Blackbird (Westlake Park-n-Ride bus lot) moments before reading this thread. Best of birding! Patty McKelvey Sent from my iPhone Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. > On Mar 2, 2015, at 12:35 AM, Barrett,Robert P <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > On Sat Feb 28 I heard and saw the first grackles of the year, in the same treetop across the street from my house in Fairlawn where they always show up first. I have recorded the dates for this event as > 2/25/13 > 2/5/12 > 2/5/11 > 2/21/10 > 3/4/08 > 2/24/07 > > Dr. Bob Barrett > Department of Geosciences > at > University of Akron > > Teaching Spring Semester 2015: > World Civilizations: Latin America > Environmental Studies Seminar: US Public Lands > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]