Fellow birders, Visited the Great Horned owl babies today with another guest birder. They seemed fine. Have never seen more than two at a time, but am still holding out slight hope that there are really three in the nest. Also spotted a crow feather in the nest today. We then walked to the nest site of the Red Shouldered Hawk. I observed her sitting on the nest just yesterday. Today, the nest was covered with feathers, and there were feathers all around the nest. Some were big and some were like down. My first hope was that mom was now feeding young and had brought a dove or something like that. These, however, were clearly not dove feathers, and there was no sing of any movement in the nest, except the wind blowing feathers around. Then it dawned on me (duh!!) that this hawk was probably a victim of the Great Horned Owl, whose nest was only about one quarter mile away. Don't want to be hasty, but it looks like an act of nature has occurred here and one of my favorite birds has eaten another of my favorite birds. I guess that's the down side of having a Great Horned Owl living in your back yard. Things get eaten. Such is life and death in the wilds of Perry County. Will visit the "scene" later for confirmation. Joe Faulkner Somerset, Ohio Perry County Note: on the way back, a Yellow-throated warbler was heard singing in the yard. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]