I checked the tree with the nest through my binoculars today. I don't have a scope. Mama Red tail is sitting very upright on her nest. A couple of weeks ago I was showing my neighbor and she said what is that going up the tree towards the nest. I looked through the binoculars and lo and behold it was a squirrel. Boy, did Mama jump up on the side of the nest and her wings began flapping....and squirrel ran for it's life and got away... Milly WARD Piros My Mind Is Like Lightning....One Brilliant Flash and Poooffffffffffffffffff, It's Gone **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]