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Taking the Snowy Owl report as a starting point, I nosed around the area south and west of this Columbus suburb this morning, but could not find any trace of a Snowy Owl.  Most of St. 665 west of the Harrisburg Pike is suburban and small farms, not ideal Snowy habitat.  Better habitat exists along Beatty Rd to the north (which had nothing) and Youngs Rd heading south (which had 2 Bald Eagles).  In this area, the trash dump seems the optimal site, given the large #s of birds (Starlings & gulls) and (presumably) rats; we need to find good vantage points to scope it.  If Snowies favor incredibly open expanses, there are not that many places for them in this part of the county other than the 3 sites I visited, plus perhaps the fields along US 23 south of I-270.

  I also stopped at Fryar and Big Run Parks, but found little of note other than woodpeckers (2 Hairies at each site, which is quite unusual).  I also swung by the Bolton Field area, which had 2 kestrels and a big flock of Rock Pigeons.

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