1) Spend many hours searching suitable habitat.
and/or
2) Spend time gaining the trust and confidence of people who have spent many hours searching suitable habitat
I recently saw my first in about 20 years of birding.  I had heard them previously, but had never seen one in the wild.

Carlton SchooleyStrasburg (Tuscarawas)
 

     On Saturday, January 17, 2015 5:24 PM, John Seiler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
   

 I am reaching out to the birding community to get in finding a Saw Whet
Owl.  Can anyone please tell me where I can locate one of these owls?


Thanks,

*John Seiler*

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