I was surprised when I went to the copy machine and looked out the window, a short-eared owl was sitting on the back deck railing next to our prairie planting behind our office (the house just north of the dam). He was surprised, too and flew a few hundred feet to the north. It was cool to be that close to it, probably only 6 feet away. Elayna M. Stierhoff (Grody) Water Protection Coordinator _____________________________________________________ [cid:image001.png@01D060A3.B2556120] 7600 Sunbury Road Westerville, OH 43081 Direct: (614) 645-3304 Fax: 614.645.1871 www.columbus.gov<http://www.columbus.gov/> [cid:image002.png@01D060A3.B2556120]<https://www.facebook.com/home.ph#!/pages/Columbus-Public-Utilities/9948028367> [cid:image003.png@01D060A3.B2556120] <http://www.youtube.com/cityofcolumbu> ______________________________________________________________________ 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]