Burke Lakefront Airport was the spot to be for raptors this morning. Susan Jones and I, along with a number of others, watched the Snowy Owl as it paid little or no attention to the airplanes moving within a few feet of its position at the end of the runway. In addition to the visitor from the north, a female Northern Harrier worked the high weeds behind the owl. We also had two American Kestrels on the wires. The coolest sight was the appearance of a mature Bald Eagle, Thanksgiving dinner in its talons. It circled above us, shredding the bird, finally landing in the grass at the east end of the airport. It appeared to be resting and pecked at its meal only a couple times before laboring off to the east. We could not determine what the species-in-talon was, larger than a pigeon, but smaller than a bread box. Clyde www.mywittsend.blogspot.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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]