The individuals who first reported the bird said it was a possible "Snowy Owl" The excitement of the rest of us who viewed it from 1/4 to 1/2 mile away, just assumed. They individuals who found it took photos and sent them to me. I cropped them down as they were fairly good photos. They appear to show a reddish tail and shoulders on an all white bird. I (and the original finders)now believe the the bird to be the leucistic Red-tailed Hawk that is being seen. Alas, no Snowy Owl on this years count... -- H. Thomas Bartlett Tiffin, Ohio [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]