They always appear in a noisy crowd, and always in a tall oak tree across the street. Today, it was a different tree from previous years. In 2017, they arrived Feb 18, Feb 15 in 2016, Feb. 28 in 2015, and Feb 25 in 2013. Dr. Bob Barrett 216 Crouse Hall Department of Geosciences at University of Akron Teaching two classes Spring Semester 2018: Introduction to Environmental Science and Environmental Studies Seminar on Public Lands ______________________________________________________________________ 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]