Yard bird #63 - eastern screech owl. I walk my dogs early every morning, as I have for all of the 10+ years I have lived in Newark. This morning around 5:30, for the first time ever we encountered an eastern screech owl, moving from west to east, from near the Wal-Mart on 21st street, into trees along my street, and finally directly over my yard and on toward the North Fork of the Licking River, which is only about 1/2 mile east of my home. We were first alerted by its calling. I suspect a juvenile looking for its parents. Very cool! Margaret Bowman Licking Co., OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]