Given the current Arctic temperatures prevailing here along the Lake Erie shoreline, have there been any sightings of Ptarmigans in this region? We had one informal report of a "chunky, chicken-sized, all white bird with a black tail (while in flight)." The bird was spotted in a frozen agricultural field flying toward a wooded area. Snowy Owls have been seen in this part of southern Huron County. *Dean Sheldon* *Greenwich [Ripley Twp]* *419.752.1451* ______________________________________________________________________ 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]