Good day at Mitchell today doing the Winter Bird Count. The best bird and totally unexpected was a calling LONG-EARED OWL at 710 this morning! We listened to this bird for about 15 mins. We heard it in a treeline adjacent to a field. We walked around the area for over half an hour but were unable to locate the bird. Other highlights included 1 Barred Owl, 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 11 Purple Finches, & over 25 Pine Siskins. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]