Using the URL above will get you to a good article from the NY Times, "The Delicate Politics of Chasing Owls." I agree with the author that the best way to educate folks about watching owls is to give them a gander. I recommend a nice woodsy cemetery--especially an rban one--where you and the birds have plenty of space; owls deserve the most because they of course live there, and they are used to humans. Go out of your way to show a youngster a distant owl up in a tree; show his or her parents, too--at least if they're unarmed. Tell the kid some secrets about owls and their need to hide. Show the kid how to respect at a distance, offering your optics as an aid. Chances are that kid will someday help some loutish grown-up to treat owls with respect. Bill Whan ______________________________________________________________________ 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]