Hi Bruce and all, Well, they are devilishly difficult little birds to find in the wild, but I wouldn't give up the ghost just yet. In a bit of irony, I happened to be only a relative handful of miles to the east of your Highland County site last evening, spending time with the people running the banding station near Chillicothe in Ross County. We caught three Northern Saw-whet Owls, bringing their total since October 10 to 93 different birds! I just posted an update on my blog at http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/ Be prepared to view outrageously "cute" photos, although if one were a Deer Mouse they would never look at these owls in the way that we do. Also, we are going to try and get interested parties over to see this banding station and hopefully some saw-whets on the evening of the upcoming Conservation Conference on December 1. Deer Creek Lodge, the conference venue, is less than one-half hour away. We'd welcome your attendance. Go to the following website for conference details and registration: http://www.ohiobirds.org/calendar/society_events/current/Conservation/about. php Jim Jim McCormac Columbus, Ohio Like nature? Visit my blog: http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/ Like birds? Join the Ohio Ornithological Society: http://www.ohiobirds.org -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bruce Lombardo Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:27 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [Ohio-birds] saw-whet owl search - Highland Co. Inspired by Jim McCormac's advice, I mustered the interns and four of us looked in 250 red cedar (juniper) trees and a few grape vine tangles in and around the old fields of the "Kamelands" in Highlands Nature Sanctuary. We found zero saw-whet owls. It began snowing and turned windy cold and we lost motivation. No other Canadians except a purple finch and some juncos were sighted this morning. Being out in the first snow was exhilarating, however. Bruce [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]