I had a couple good birds in my North Perry yard, white-winged crossbill and
long-eared owl.  The white-winged crossbill showed up this morning with a
group of house finches.  It dropped down to the feeders for about 5 seconds
before being scared off by a cardinal.  It flew up into the white pines and
never came back down.  It never reappeared.  It was a female plumaged bird.



This afternoon I was alerted to the long-eared owl by a group of crows that
were harassing it.  Originally there were also a number of chickadees in the
area.  The crows chased the bird from conifer to conifer.  I viewed it from
a distance and the bird kept trying to get into the densest part of the
trees.  I left the bird go and did even attempt to get any photos because
the crows were harassing it so much.  About an hour later I went out and
heard no crows and saw no sign of the owl.



John Pogacnik

4765 Lockwood Road

Perry, OH 44081




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