Hello Ohio Birders,

Timing is everything.  While taking the trash to the curb this morning (7:15am) I was distracted by 50-60 crows mobbing my neighbor's spruce tree.  After about 5 minutes an owl flew out and headed southward.  I did not have a decent look at the usual field marks but it had the slim, long-winged look of a long-eared rather than the chubby barred owl silhouette, and it was too small for a great horned. (Barred and great horned both occur in the neighborhood.)

I live on Arden Rd. in the first block east of High St. in the Clintonville area.  The bird flew in the direction of East North Broadway on a straight course, with a few crows in pursuit.

I'll keep an eye on my neighbor's tree, and other Clintonville birders might be on the lookout.

Happy birding,

Dave Horn
Columbus



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