I was pleased to see two red-winged blackbirds and a handful of grackles come to our property last evening. These are some of my "first signs" of spring. My husband and I also stirred up a woodcock as we went to put up our blind to watch their aerial courtship display. ELAYNA M. STIERHOFF WATER PROTECTION COORDINATOR _____________________________________________________ [cid:image007.jpg@01D16E09.C218EEF0] 7600 Sunbury Road Westerville, OH 43081 Direct: 614.645.3304 Fax: 614.645.1871 http://columbus.gov/ [cid:image008.png@01D16E09.C218EEF0]<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Columbus-Public-Utilities/99480283674> [cid:image009.png@01D16E09.C218EEF0] <https://twitter.com/CDPU> ______________________________________________________________________ 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]