Thanks to prior reports, we were able to relocate the Short-eared Owls in the Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area. ARRIVE JUST BEFORE SUNSET: From State Route 95, go south on Elyria Road (Blachleyville) to Wilderness Road. Turn Right on Wilderness Road, into the peet dredging area Travel past the pond on the left, to one of the turn-offs on the right, and park Search with bins or scope to the east/south, just above the ground, as they come out from roosting; tonight, we saw 3-4 individuals trolling about 15-20 feet above the ground, looking ESE toward the green storage tanks/cone-shaped dirt piles Picked up 8 new species for the Wayne County "Big Year" List -- currently at 55 -- Carolina Wren -- American Black Duck -- Pileated Woodpecker -- Hooded Merganser -- Bufflehead -- Northern Harrier -- White-crowned Sparrow -- Short-eared Owl Scott Hannan Wooster ______________________________________________________________________ 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]