No exciting sightings but I tought some on the list may be interested in two owls at my veterinary clinic awaiting transport to rehab tomorrow. Sunday a knock on the door at lunch was accompanied by a man with an owl in a bucket. They were painting tables at the 4-H camp on Piedmont lake and this young screech owl was on the concrete near the entrance to the building. There was a hole in the building that had feces streaks about 30 feet away. They didn't know if they should put him in the hole and since he looked OK they decided to leave him. They checked on him before leaving and he was three feet away from becoming black snake lunch. So they transported him to me. He/she wieghs 90 grams, appears to be a tennis ball with feathers (so my staff says) and is in good health. It did not eat the diced mouse dinner I prepared it last night so I tubed it this morning. Its wings are nearly fully feathered and should need but a week or so at rehab. At 11pm the same Sunday, the doorbell sounded. My wife wakes me shortly after to tell me there is a person at the door with a bird stuck to its grill. It is still alive; can I get out of bed anfd check it out! I was met by an excited person who said there is a "gianormous" bird stuck on the grill and it was not happy. The tell tale sign of a PO'ed owl clicking away sent me to get some leather gloves. Sure enough a great horned owl, one wing was wedged in the grill and the feet were hanging on for dear life to another part of the grill. I extricated her and she seems fine!! It turns out she was hit at the entrance of my clinic. In this area, I had watched a GH fledge two owls in mid April and this was likely her. The remarkable thing is not only did she get hit a 55mph, she rode two miles home, and then three miles to my house. All with out breaking any bones. I suspect she has a sore shoulder but I can find no obvious bone and soft tissue injuries! She weighs 1.58kg and has a four foot wing span. If she can fly tonight, she will be released, if not she will accompany the screech owl to rehab. Scott Pendleton ______________________________________________________________________ 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]