My bet is Lincoln's Sparrow, distinctive field marks (they had no binoculars) and distinctive song. Also the habitats from Chillicothe to Lake Erie were at that time prairies and oak savannas, good habitat. Pete ********************************************************************* Pete Whan Appalachian Forest Program Manager The Nature Conservancy of Ohio Edge of Appalachia Preserve 4274 Waggoner Riffle Rd. West Union, OH 45693 Ph. 937-544-2188 ext. 13 fax 937-544-7030 email [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]