You are sooo lucky ,, I have been  wanting to see one of them saw-whet's for
years now ,, still  lookin' ,,  thought  for sure one day I might get one
here at my place,, have 5 acres and it is devoted to  the wild . Got some
pines on it ,,have screech owls and barred owls and great horns,,,   I am
surprised I haven't seen any long ears here...   will just keep watchin' ,,,
alot of diversiity here ,, even had an Eagle once....
Russell
Lima, Ohio
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Gesualdo" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 8:35 AM
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Tundra Swan Flight over Hunting Valley-and a surprise


> Last night at 6:15-ish while outside putting up Christmas lights, I  heard
> a
> flock of Canada geese flying over and looked up to watch. About a minute
> later I heard another sound and looked up again and found the Tundra swans
> flying
> over. Counted 96 in 2 different formations headed south east and pretty
> high
> up. After they were out of sight I had to finish the lights. While pulling
> lights around a set of pines I looked inside the tree and saw something
> move.
> And there it was, my first little saw whet owl just staring at me while I
> stared  back. After a few minutes of up close appreciation I moved on to
> the other
> trees.
>
> Stay warm guys and good birding,
> Dan G.
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