Hi everyone, No, not American Robins--they've been around all winter (though I think some new ones may have arrived, and are very active in the yard under the feeders). Last week the first Common Grackles started showing up at our feeders, and the last couple of days we've had a Red-winged Blackbird, or maybe two, visiting and calling a lot. Sadly, our tiny backyard pond and even tinier stand of cattails won't serve as a nesting spot for them... Steve Cagan Cuyahoga County -- -------------------------------------------- Steve Cagan, photographer [log in to unmask] www.stevecagan.com www.elchocomining.net http://elchocomining.tumblr.com www.pbase.com/stevecagan www.stevecagan.blogspot.com http://socialdocumentary.net/photographer/stevecagan 216-932-2753 (USA) 322-344-7909 (Colombia) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]