Sharpen your skills on wintering hawks and Short-eared Owls. Other wintering birds such as Horned Larks, Snow Buntings and Lapland Longspurs are often present. Meet at the Tops Plaza in Avon -- on Routes 5 and 20, two miles west of I-390 -- at 2:30 p.m. Dress warmly. Extra spotting scopes and FRS radios would be very helpful.