This time of year, to keep peace with First Energy, we brush hog a section of the power lines that cut through our fields. It is always a cause for a lot of grumbling around here about timing, and the returning birds. But on the upside, the freshly mowed easement is an attractive hunting ground for raptors, and today for a short eared owl. The owl was perched in a crab apple tree, right at the edge of the easement. Although I was on the other side of the easement, he was watchful and moved away into the brush and tree covered fields towards the road, where I lost track of him. Inga Schmidt Chagrin River Road Geauga Co at the Cuy Co. line ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]