I found some raptors moving north today in Medina County, despite the winds being more easterly than southerly. Waiting at the supermarket traffic light, I lazily watched a "gull" flying toward me, when I realized it was no gull, but an Osprey! Earlier while driving, I had stopped to watch a hawk flying north near the eagle nest I had been monitoring. (Two eaglets were confirmed today!) I couldn't get the hawk in my binoculars from inside the car but I was so struck by its deep, floppy wing beat as it kettled upward--so like a short-eared owl, but with the shape of a hawk with a long tail. I was watching its flight so closely that I didn't really note the wing shape. Was this likely a harrier? Any other ideas? Saw several red-tailed hawks and a broad-winged hawk, as well. Thanks in advance for help on this flight pattern. Helen Ostermiller ______________________________________________________________________ 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]