Cathy:

To add to Manon's comment, within eBird (on the web site, not within the mobile app), you can subscribe to "Rare bird" alerts in Ohio to get a daily (or, sometimes, twice a day) email sent to you with sightings within Ohio. At the bottom of the email are the details as to where the bird was sighted.

These email alerts are sent based on submitted eBird checklists.

I hope that this helps.

-- Gregg


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From: Manon VanSchoyck 
Sent by: Ohio birds 
Date: 02/19/2021 01:41PM
Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] help finding an owl


Welcome, Cathy! Do you use ebird? It’s a great tool for finding target species. Also are you on Facebook? There are quite a few Facebook pages for birdwatching in Ohio. Ohio Chase Birds, Ohio Rare Birds Alert, Ohio Birding, Ohio Backyard birding,, etc. 


On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 1:37 PM Cathy Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hello all,


I have recently moved to northeast Ohio from Southwest PA (I'm an hour east of Cleveland).  I've been a casual birder for more than 20 years but have never seen a snowy owl.  Today my sweet hubby offered to take me birding tomorrow - a rare offer - and I'd love to see one of these beautiful birds. Can anyone help me out?  I'm not terribly familiar with area, so some detail is good.


If you can direct me to a likely location, within an hour or so of Middlefield, OH please contact me off this list.


Thank you so kindly,
Cathy Brown
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