This morning while taking the dog out, there were a group of crows mobbing something in the woods west of my house. I walked over and saw that the crows were going after a LONG-EARED OWL that was pressed tightly against a tree. My presence scared the crows away. I watched the owl briefly before heading to the house to get my camera. When I returned the owl was gone. I was unable to relocate it and the crows apparently did not relocate it either because they left the area also. From my yard in North Perry, Lake County there was a decent movement of birds despite the light northwest winds. I had thousands of blackbirds including a couple hundred rusty blackbirds. Also passing by were a few hundred ring-billed gulls, a few killdeer, a couple hundred robins, a few bluebirds, and a few meadowlarks. The north winds were evidently enough that no vultures or hawks passed by. The lake is still 100% frozen so no waterfowl. John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]