Hi Tom et all, I live in suburban Powell, Ohio about 1.5 miles from the Columbus Zoo in southern Delaware, Ohio. I sit on my condo patio (have too I'm on crutches for a while) and I set my watch to the resident Great Horned Owl pair. This past Sunday eve. I went outside at 8:30pm and waited for the show to begin. The male arrived first then she joined him in the same dead tree snag. They began softly hooting and my guest and I were delighted to listen to the soft hoots volleying back and forth. Suddenly a third raptor joined them and a resident Cooper's Hawk (probably an immature) perched between the Tiger of the Night pair. We both looked in disbelief that this daytime avian predator would be so insane to sit between these two hungry night time predators as darkness approached. All of a sudden the male great horned turned off his snag and began chasing the cooper's around the woodlot. Soon the male great horned returned to another perch and the cooper's was long gone. The owls arrival and departure took place in about 20 to 22 minutes. Many friends who have stopped by over the last couple weeks have been delighted to see one or both of the owls. I've watched this pair of owls for 4 or 5 years. This year the young never appeared. I assumed that the severe winter week or so we had in February may have claimed their young. I miss the begging calls from past years that carried into September. And there are calling screech owls that sometimes join the nighttime chorus around the condo complex. Recently the resident fledgling and hungry red-tail has been begging into the warm August afternoons. I might be stuck at home recovering from a serious foot surgery 3 weeks ago but the excitement outside my condo helps the days to pass as I find many things to discover while being forced to sit instead of running around the state looking for birds and projects to get involved with. And yes Tom, our neighborhood is full of rabbits and squirrels (and bluebirds). ~:> ) Darlene Sillick Powell, Ohio Delaware County -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Tom Bain Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:02 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Great Horned Owl Great report, Cheryl and Les: We have watched the Cooper's Hawk, a species formerly very uncommon in the suburbs increasingly adapt to suburban dooryards, woodlots, and parks--now a common sight in my yard and a regular predator at my 'feeding station'. I wonder if our large rural owl will make the transition with the same success (my dooryard is full of rabbits)? Any more reports out there? Tom Bain The Glaciated Allegheny Plateau Ross County -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cheryl and Les Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 6:44 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [Ohio-birds] Great Horned Owl Hi All, We were heading up to Delaware State Park Sunday around 11:45 pm to check out the Perseid Meteor Shower. When leaving our house (located in Lantern Chase Development, west side of Delaware behind Kroger Plaza), we were shocked to see something fly between the houses. We went across the street to see a Great Horned Owl perched on the apex of a house. We followed the owl around the neighborhood with our binoculars as he would perch on other houses. I half expected a police car to pull up as we were standing in front of various houses looking in our binoculars above bedroom windows! It was quite the site. I constantly hike the woods looking to spot my first owl, and all I had to do was to walk out my front door! 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