I have a Fox Sparrow (red as usual) in backyard this morning and a female Towhee finally showed up, so there's a whole lot of kicking going on. I guess the male towhee finally gave up waiting in our subdivision for over a week. Actually I saw a male Eastern Towhee in yard off and on from March 9 thru March 21. Also this morning had a Brown Creeper on our maple, beautifully matching the tree bark. Yesterday saw my FOS Hermit(?) Thrush in yard. Sorry my 300 mm camera lens is almost 20 years old, so no pics worth sharing. Susanna Heideman SW Columbus / Galloway, Franklin County OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]