All: Walked the Aullwood trails late morning to early afternoon and was pleased to get nice looks at both Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Hawks looking for lunch. Encountered an adult Cooper's in an area full of Chickadees and Titmice, which it seemed to ignore, only perking up when a Cardinal called a few times. An hour later, a Sharpie flew in to my vicinity and picked a sentinel perch near a flock of Chickadees, Titmice and a Nuthatch, and also near a half dozen Goldfinch in a treetop, all of which it was eyeing with jerky turns of its head. A Red-bellied Woodpecker was working the same tree the Hawk was in, only 15-20 feet away, and the Hawk was ignoring it. Recalling my experiences with the two species, I've seen Cooper's take or try for Mourning Dove, Cardinal and Flicker; and Sharpie go for Redstart, Downy Woodpecker and Swamp Sparrow. Do they focus on different sized prey? I haven't jotted down "Accipiter sp." in three years (hubris?), but it doen't hurt to back up your GISS. Two agitated American Crows flew into the small pine patch near the Bluegill Pond while I was checking for signs of Owls and harrassed a large raptor until it broke for the trees along the river. The Crows took pursuit, now joined by a third, and rousted what turned out to be a Great Horned Owl from a succession of perches, finally losing it when it flew back towards me and dove into the same evergreens where the whole thing started. It was a masterful maneouver, because I couldn't relocate it either. Two Great Blue Herons in the river with a few Canada Geese and Mallards. A wintering and comically puffed up Hermit Thrush was cooperative with a close study. May have heard a White-throated at one point, but otherwise encountered not a single sparrow. Bird well, Paul -- Paul Dubuc, Pearl River, NY for the moment Dayton, OH for the duration at sign beween pauldubuc and gmail dot 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]