Junco #1 got here today. The Toro Power Equipment Co in Minneapolis raises and releases millions of these handsome sparrows. In Mid October they are programmed to fly East along the lower Great Lakes and New England. They happily cadge from generous bird feeding home owners.They cause that sudden panic that Winter will come. Immediately behind and below the flocks is a convoy of semi trucks with double trailers filled with new bright red Toro snow blowers. Fist fights will break out in Home Depot in Feb to pick one of these cherries. This is marketing using fear at its best. The Jonson Wax Co maker of Off insect repellent Co raises mosquitoes in Summer for release Let's not go into it. I'll be on the trails this Winter after I clear the drive with my ancient recently repaired Atlas snow blower. birding with a conspiracy attitude, Sam Walker North Olmsted Happily birding ______________________________________________________________________ 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]