Fellow surrogate bird parents, The Great Horned Owl nesting on my property in Perry County was still on her nest this morning despite the torrential rain that fell yesterday evening. By our reckoning, Friday was the latest possible date that the eggs could have hatched. In reality, they probably hatched about a week ago.She has been sitting much higher in the nest, and I believe there are Owlets under her instead of eggs. It's a hugh nest, and it may be another week or so before they are visible. I'm hoping for a "they" as opposed to an "it". In other nesting news, we spotted another nest last week, this one with a Red Shouldered Hawk on it. She, too, was there this morning. Each of these nests are about 300 yards from my house, one to the northeast and one to the southeast. I anticipate a great spring watching these babies. In yet other nesting news, the Bluebirds have occupied the nest box in the front yard, the Carolina wren in in the Chicken's mailbox, the Phoebeis under the porch eve, the Chickadees have taken over a nearby gourd house, Wood Ducks are investigating a new nest box on the pond, the Prothonotary warbler boxes are cleaned and waiting, and a Barred Owl is nesting somewhere in the Spruce trees. I am a lucky birder to have such a place. 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]