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* ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]