Two crows were harassing a long eared owl while a red tailed hawk sat 24 inches above the owl's head. The crows would peck at the owl, or landing on its back for a second. Surprisingly, they ignored the hawk. This continued for about 45 seconds. I thought the red tailed hawk was waiting for an opportunity to have the owl for dinner. But suddenly, he went after one of the crows. Then the trio flew off to continue their drama elsewhere, leaving the owl in the evergreen tree. He stayed put for about 10-15 seconds before deciding to go and find a better hiding place elsewhere in the park. This drama occurred in the evergreens at the begining of the beech trail, very near the restroom for that picnic area. Ruby crowned kinglet (lots0 golden crowned kinglet (lots) hermit thrush yellow rumped warbler yellow bellied sapsuckers blue gray gnatcatcher barred owls (3) brown creeper Long tailed weasel Bob McNulty ______________________________________________________________________ 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]