All, The dire weather forecast for yesterday morn inspired us to reschedule our birding training for volunteers, but the rain turned out to be light, so I went out in the north Glen anyway. Spent about two hours in the Inman Trail and Outdoor Education Center areas, and had a decent early migration showing. Good numbers of white-throated sparrows (35-40), plus my first sighting of purple finch in the Glen. The volunteer training has been rescheduled for Sunday May 2nd, 9 am at Trailside Museum. Here's the complete list: Canada goose Wood duck Solitary sandpiper Mourning dove Pileated woodpecker (coming out of nesting cavity) Red-belied woodpecker Downy woodpecker Eastern phoebe Great horned owl (two juveniles in a nesting cavity) Blue jay American crow Ruby-crowned kinglet Carolina Chickadee Tufted titmouse White-breasted nuthatch Carolina wren American robin Blue-gray gnatcatcher Yellow throated warbler Yellow-rumped warbler Blackburnian warbler Black-throated green warbler Louisiana waterthrush Northern cardinal Indigo bunting Purple finch American goldfinch Eastern towhee Field sparrow Chipping sparrow White-throated sparrow Fox sparrow House sparrow Brown-headed cowbird Red-winged blackbird European starling -Nick -- Nick Boutis Director, Glen Helen Ecology Institute Antioch College 405 Corry St. Yellow Springs, OH 45387 [log in to unmask] 937-769-1902 www.glenhelen.org ______________________________________________________________________ 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]