0130: Long eared Owl called three times from a heavily wooded ravine along Alum Creek near Champion Golf northeast Columbus 0930: American Pipits (45) narrow band of bare earth Kulhwein Rd. Battelle Darby area (near the hemlock-shrub "oasis" north side Kuhlwein). While scanning snow covered expanse, they flew in, by us and ditched about 40 ft away, snow edge, roadside. We watched them, clamoring over clods, foraging over and around bare spot, 20 min. Then, in a blink, they were off, bounding low, < than 5 - 6 ft.up, northward, continuing as far as we could see, until lost. Typical American Pipit winter behavior .No Horned Larks, Lapland Longspurs, Snow Buntings in an hour but probably around....absolutely no other birds during brief stay. Good birding everyone. -- David and Patty Tan Columbus [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]