This is my first posting on Ohio Bird. I specialize in raptor watching. Today 14 Feb. I made what I call my grand tour of 12 eagle nests in five counties. (I know the location of over twenty nests but did not have time to visit all of them) I left Columbus at noon and traveled to Prospect, Ohio for the first nest and continued on visiting Big Island WA then Killdeer Plains WA. Then it was on north through Wyandot Co. Then I turned East to Crawford Co. then north to just inside Seneca Co. I finished up back at Killdear plains at dusk to look for short eared owls. Here is the total count for the day. Bald Eagles 15 adults Red Tails 22 American Kestrels 23 Northern Harriers 8 female 4 male Short Eared Owls 3 Turkeys 2 OK the turkeys are not raptors but they are big birds. I got some fantastic pictures of one of the Short Eared Owls. It was sitting on a electric pole next to the road and did not flush when I pulled up and stuck the camera out the window. Don Stover ______________________________________________________________________ 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]