The Ohio Cardinal carried an article article (Vol 10 #1, Spring 1987, pp 1-4) by co-editor Ed Pierce about a brambling seen in Bath, Ohio by many during April of 1897. Well over a hundred observers saw it in the period March 31-4/7/1987. It was at the time the fourth Lower 48 spring record. Ed looks into the historical records, describes its known migratory routes east and west in the continent, etc. This four-page article is very informative, but too long for this forum, and I could not find this issue in the on-line collection at the OOS site. I hope they will make this and many other issues available on their web site. Larry Rosche wrote the brambling up for the Cleveland Bird Calendar 83:19-20 in a shorter article, which is available online at http://www.kirtlandbirdclub.org/uploads/5/3/5/0/53501147/cleveland_bird_calendar_vol083_no2_1987.pdf . 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]