I heard my first Virginia Rail today at Mary Virginia Crites-Hannan Park in Circleville. I was checking bluebird boxes when I heard the familiar "kiddick-kiddick-kiddick" call coming from the cattails in the wetland. Not surprising, the bluebirds are behind schedule as I look back over statistics of previous years. This time last year, I had 4 eggs in one of the nests. Today I had one completed nest ready to go but no other nests at all - just a few strands of grass in a couple of other boxes. I actually have been taking dried mealworms out to the park during the really cold days of the past couple weeks. The bluebirds found them quickly. Looks like we'll have a warm-up starting tomorrow, thank goodness. Melanie Shuter Circleville, OH <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> ______________________________________________________________________ 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]