During a short visit to Spring Valley Wildlife Area (Greene County) this afternoon: At least 2 Soras were calling to each other Marsh Wren Swamp Sparrow Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Female Purple Finch at the feeders near the upper parking lot Lots of Pied-billed Grebes with the Coots on the lake, along with one Shoveler and a few Scaup The Red-shouldered Hawk was sitting on the nest that can be seen from the parking lot At my house, a few miles from SVWA, lots of Chipping Sparrows in the yard today. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]