Greetings! Short ears are still being seen at Big Island WA. I was there from 4:30 on and started seeing them at 5:30. The owls have turned more Dark brown and white. There IS a little rufous left in them, but not much. Pretty neat to see that type of change in them, must be blending in...:-D 4 were over at the shed on 203. The usual Hawks were there as well. Horned Larks were present. As well as 3 Female pheasant. But the big number species of the day were the tree sparrows. There was a mob of them over in the switch grass on Keener Rd. Over 100 easily. All were feeding on the seeds there. Every time a car went by, they flew up into the air and it reminded me of a swarm of starlings. :-D Got a few decent shots over the week, here is link to bucket: http://s153.photobucket.com/albums/s226/sjlarue/Birds/ Have a great weekend, Happy birding, and God Bless. Steve J (aka sjlarue) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]