Sharpen your skills on wintering hawks and Short-eared Owl. Other wintering birds such as Horned Lark, Snow Bunting, and Lapland Longspur 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.