I beleive you as more and more we see unusuals,, Wife got a picture of a turkey vulture the other day and we still have robins .. so anything is possible anymore . Russell Reynolds ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thais Tepper" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 8:14 AM Subject: [Ohio-birds] unusual visiters >I live in SW Pennsylvania and bird there and in Ohio at Seneca Lake. I am >18 and have been a birder for 14 years (my mom was a park naturalist and >gave me a my first bird book at 4) I recently saw a hermit thrush while >birding in Ohio, I also witnessed a catbird being chased by a gang of angry >juncos. During the CBC I attended in Pennsylvania, I saw a brown thrasher >and a male bobolink. When I report my sightings to older birders, they are >skeptical, because I am young or they do not believe these birds would be >in the north in winter. I appreciate reading these posts, because other >birders see see unusual visters in winter. > > In Pennsylvania, there is no shortage of house sparrows. they live in the > entrance of the grocery store, in the Walmart garden center and are > nesting in the strip mall signs. My neighbor feeds a flock of about 50 > > > Drue Tepper > [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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]