Fellow birders, About a year and a half ago, I was fortunate enough to find a pair of Barn Owls roosting in a very old barn just North of Somerset, Ohio in Perry County. Shortly after that, construction activity increased around the barn, and the Owls were soon no longer being seen. Last month, some barn enthusiasts were investigating another old barn about 1/2 mile from the first location, and sure enough, a pair of Barn Owls flew out. While not on a first name basis with this pair, I would bet a meadow vole that it's the same two. I visited them Saturday, and considering the amount of pellets and whitewash, I would guess this pair has been there for quite a while. By good fortune, I know the owner of this barn, and am considering putting a nest box or platform in it, and perhaps both of these barns. Neither barn is used much at all, and if I could increase the likelihood of this pair actually nesting, I would do it in a heart beat. If anyone has any tips on how to proceed in the interest of the owls, please let me know. Perhaps doing nothing is the best way to go. Needless to say, location of barn cannot be revealed. Joe Faulkner 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]