Early this morning at 0400 I heard a Great Horned Owl hooting outside my apt building. Then it seemed like maybe there were two. The hooting seemed sort of relaxed but I have no experience with that, just my impression. . My ground floor apt backs up to a undeveloped wooded lot but is otherwise very much in town. However across the street is a part of Wright Patt AFB that has some open areas and wooded areas. I got up and got my little bino's that I keep out and stepped outside and tried scanning the tops of trees. It was pretty dark but I basically got lucky and spotted one. It was hard to be sure but when the one sitting a few feet away moved - yep 2! So...I thought they were done mating by this time and on nests? Mary, Fairborn 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]