While running some errands today I stopped by the Alum Creek Park Bike Trail in Westerville. The rufous morf Eastern Screech Owl is still roosting in the beam of the steel bridge. Today it was at the extreme NW end rather than out by the first beam joint. If you still need a screech owl for 2011 here is your opportunity. To get there take Cleveland Avenue to West Main Street, turn east on W. Main Street until you get to where the bridge is being replaced, turn right onto College View and look for the ORANGE temporary entrance sign for the bike trail. Park at the edge of the lot and the trail will be to your left and the small pond straight ahead. Follow the trail until you reach the bridge. Best view is from the center-south of the bridge as it lets you see the owl without a beam across its face. While there look for other birds along the trail. There is an active Red-tailed Hawk nest mid way tot he bridge. It will be to your left and fairly high up. Charlie Bombaci ______________________________________________________________________ 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]