I have been checking on the owls every weekend since the beginning of January and have seen one owl on the nest area one time 3 weekends ago. The last 2 weekends, no owls. There were some footprints going towards the tree last weekend but I did not go up and check in the area around the tree as I stay on the road in that area. Someone posted that they saw an "ear" of an owl on the nest 2 weekends ago. I hope everyone is being respectful of their nest area. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]