Fellow birders, Arriving home after a long day of chasing birds, I decided to take the dogs for a walk in the very last light of the day. A light snow was still falling, and it made everything as still as could be. You could barely hear the pitter patter of 20 doggie paws. It was most peaceful. A mature forest with a lite cover of snow is a beautiful thing. As we got back to the yard, two Barred owls had a short conversation , no doubt about the weather. I've heard them almost every day this year, so they have already been counted in my yard total of 38 and my state total of 66. I'm shooting for 50/100. I appreciate all those other number reports. Keep them coming. joe back from the woods Somerset, Perry County ______________________________________________________________________ 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]