fellow bird voyeurs, Checked the nest site of the Great Horned Owls today, with a scope. This time, in addition to the two ear tufts, we saw an eye looking back at us. We immediately took the scope down and went back home. This nest is only about 250 yards from our houses, but very isolated. It is in the middle of our 60 acres, which are themselves surrounded by state land and farm land. The only people that will ever bother this owl are us, and we will definitely keep that to a minimum. Probably won't even go back for another week or so. However, when the young are hatched, I will try for some discrete photos. As stated before, you can stand eye level with the nest for some great looks. Also saw a single Snow Goose at nearby Clouse Lake, for Perry County year bird number 67. For those who flunked Geography, Perry county is located south of I - 70 between Lancaster(Fairfield County) and Zanesville. (Muskingum County). The entire county population is probably still less than 40,000, and that includes about 7 or 8 known birders. Always interested in hearing from other closet birders from Perry county. joe in the woods Somerset, Ohio Perry County ______________________________________________________________________ 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]