It's not an owl. It is like a big hawk with the face of an owl. I saw it perched on a fencepost on the edge of a field in Delaware county. Its color was brown. It seemed pretty fierce in the face. Thank you for your suggestions. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]