Today I visited the feeder of Elizabeth Heineman on the west shore of South Bass Island. About a dozen common redpolls were still around, flying between her feeders, the ground, and nearby trees. On the way there, numerous red-winged blackbirds were singing announcing spring! Lisa Brohl ______________________________________________________________________ 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]