What a year for breeding birds on and around our little (8 acre) Fox Meadow Farm. In May we saw the baby Dark-eyed Junco's drop out of the hayloft and move to the buckthorn for cover. Today we have a hen turkey and her 6 poults in the back pasture for over an hour https:[log in to unmask] The Barn Swallows have 5 young in their nest above a light fixture in the barn. There is an active Cardinal nest outside of my office window - just 18" from the window! And a young House Finch has been begging and fluttering its wings as the adults feed at the sunflower feeder. And a very spotted-breast Robin perched on a dead ash tree. You have to love this time of year. Matt Valencic Geauga County (where 208 species of birds have already been entered into eBird this year!) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]