Happy Old Year, All! I searched for the reported Snowy Owl northwest of Circleville this morning and, as others have experienced recently, had no luck. The outing was not in vain, however, as I saw numerous other raptors. The morning's list included: -American Kestrel - 5 -Red-tailed Hawk - 4-5 -Northern Harrier - 4, including one hunting male that flushed up a rabbit, doubled back on it, then apparently decided it was either too quick or too large and flew on -Great Blue Heron - 1, in the slough near the Commercial Point Road / Florence Chapel Road junction -Common Loon - 1, at the Island Road quarries closer to Circleville (presumably this species - its head was tucked in) On another note, does anyone have a good standardized list (or link to one) of four-letter bird codes (some apparently call them "alpha codes"). I have searched a bit on-line for such a list and have found several, but there are discrepancies between them! Especially useful would be one focused on birds of Ohio or eastern North America (so I don't have to wade through tinamous and such). Any suggestions would be useful, as I do find these codes easier to use in my field notes. Thanks! Eric Reiner Ashville, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. 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]