In '99 or 2000 while driving to treat a cow in the grasslands surrounding the Harrison Co. airport, I counted 18 short-eared owls on 18 consectutive fence posts. The cattleman said they were there ervery year. We had not seen them since. Saturaday at dusk, I saw one short-eared owl in the ditch going back to the turn around where the Upland SP's were off of Industry Parkway. It flew from the ditch and in front of my headlights for a short period before disappearing into the night. One Rough-Legged and two Harriers have also returned to the airport. Scott P. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]