The 40th Clark County Christmas Bird Count was highlighted by a Snowy Owl sitting in a grass parking lot island at the Buck Creek beach. It was found by Doug Overacker and Julie Karlson at about 1:45 pm. The beach lots’ gate is closed but you can park at the lot just north of the beach closer to the boat ramp. It was in the second grass island from the north, and closer to the beach end of the lots, not far from the main bathhouse. It is an open area so you can see it from a comfortable distance for the owl. Brian Menker Dayton/Springfield ______________________________________________________________________ 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]