Not to say there haven't been earlier birds or calls but I heard my first just now. I also heard something last night in the dark taking out the trash that sounded like a killdeer or shorebird. Marie, near Dayton ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]