Sunday 12-24-06 at Kildeer Plains GOLDEN EAGLE Bald Eagle Long-Eared Owls (5) Northern Harrier Red Tailed Hawks (3) Broad Winged Hawk American Kestrels (6) Red-Bellied Woodpecker Trumpeter Swans (5) Canada Geese Mallards Tufted Titmice Field Sparrows Tree Sparrows Killdeer Plains is located west of and between Marion and Upper Sandusky, on the Wyandot and Marion County line. No owls were seen in the ODNR pine grove. However, on the drive home, the 5 Long-Eared Owls were spotted on the south side of Route 77 just west of Township Highway 108. They were sitting below eye level in an Osage Orange tree row between the road and a field. We were able to get within 5 feet of them before they flew about 20 feet down the tree row. We followed them and were so close that we didn't need binoculars. Their gray feathers blended with the gray tree trunks and branches so well that I would not have spotted them if their bright yellow eyes were not wide open and looking at us. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]