A good variety of birds, though mostly "common" stuff, on my walk "at the farm" (my uncle's farm, where I am weekend caretaker): 26 species, with: barn swallow ruby-crowned kinglet Cooper's hawk red-tailed hawks (2) - one carrying something, but I couldn't tell whether it was nest-building material or a snake. Lots of pairs displaying, esp. common grackles, house sparrows, starlings, tufted titmouse, chickadees. Woodpeckers drumming - downy, red-bellied and northern flicker. Haven't seen the red-headed woodpeckers that nested there last year, although the two dead trees are still standing. as "first of year" birds. Margaret Bowman ______________________________________________________________________ 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]