The migration is on in Wooster! This afternoon I spent several hours in my own backyard, which is a standard-sized lot right in town with some nice large trees along a ravine in the back. I have a very large oak and there are several others across the street. These big oaks are just leafing out and flowering and seem to be very attractive to warblers and other migrants. I managed to see or hear 33 species this afternoon, which I think is a record for my own backyard. The list follows: Canada goose (several flying over) Cooper's hawk Chimney swift (flock of a dozen or so flying by several times) Downy woodpecker (several) Red-bellied woodpecker Pileated woodpecker Great crested flycatcher (several calling) Blue jay Crow Carolina chickadee Tufted titmouse (several) White-breasted nuthatch (pair carrying food to nest hole) House wren (exploring my wren box) Carolina wren Robin Blue-headed vireo (3) Red-eyed vireo Tennessee warbler Nashville warbler Yellow warbler Magnolia warbler Yellow-rumped warbler (2) Black-throated green warbler Blackburnian warbler Scarlet tanager (2 males) Cardinal (several pairs) Rose-breasted grosbeak (1 male, 3 females) House finch Am. Goldfinch Chipping sparrow Baltimore oriole (2 males) Com. grackle House sparrow ______________________________________________________________________ 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]