Sorry, the tree I mentioned is UNidentified. Lynda Andrews Wildlife Biologist Wayne National Forest 740/753-0550 voice 740/753-0118 fax "A society is defined not only by what it creates, but by what it refuses to destroy" ... John Sawhill Lynda Andrews <[log in to unmask] US> To Sent by: Ohio [log in to unmask] birds cc <OHIO-BIRDS@LISTS ERV.MUOHIO.EDU> Subject [Ohio-birds] Interesting GBBC birds-Athens County 02/20/2007 08:30 AM Please respond to Lynda Andrews <[log in to unmask] US> Athens County, Trimble Township, Glouster Ohio 45732-- Highland Ave. (easy to know since its my humble abode). Was so happy to see the snow this weekend to liven up the feeders. Saturday was absolutely booming with activity (I ended up with twenty species that day). Along with the normal contingent of winter feeder birds my most interesting bird(s) had to have been the female red-winged blackbird. She was around on Saturday and Sunday. I also had a brown creeper (the first time ever at my feeders) and a fox sparrow both on Saturday. My most interesting observation was that the number of tree sparrows, overall, were double what I normally get and several robins stuck around. They mainly fed on berries (that are dark purple) growing on an identified (I'm ashamed to admit) tree growing on the south side of the house. One of these days I will figure out what that tree is. Has to be an ornamental of some sort planted by the folks before me. It's the first time I've ever noticed the birds (mainly robins and cardinals) actually eating the berries. I got lower numbers of birds on Monday which I believe was due to the resident gray squirrel bringing a buddy to the feast. Lynda Andrews Wildlife Biologist Wayne National Forest 740/753-0550 voice 740/753-0118 fax "A society is defined not only by what it creates, but by what it refuses to destroy" ... John Sawhill ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]