At 0130 Friday morning I heard an owl hooting. I went outside to try to spot it but no joy. After getting back in bed I heard it again so I tried again - still no luck. After that I heard a few more "calls" that sounded less like an owl and more like a sick puppy but I believe it was the owl. This was in a very urban area, but close to some open space with some large trees by Wright Patt AFB. I think it was a Great Horned but am not that familiar. I have not heard it again. Marie, Fairborn OH [log in to unmask] Marie [log in to unmask] It should be noted that between 1950 and 1984, as the Green Revolution transformed agriculture around the globe, world grain production increased by 250%. The energy for the Green Revolution was provided by fossil fuels in the form of fertilizers (natural gas), pesticides (oil), and hydrocarbon fueled irrigation. The world population has grown by about four billion since the beginning of the Green Revolution and most believe that, without the Revolution, there would be greater famine and malnutrition than the UN presently documents (approximately 850 million people suffering from chronic malnutrition in 2005).[36] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]