I had come back out to photograph a hawk perched near the feeders. My usual dilemna -- cooper's/sharpie? I was veering towards immature sharpie because of the straight edged tail, and the set of the head, but I wasn't sure and wanted a photo. As always, by the time I'd rounded up a camera, the bird in question was gone, although it had been perched in that spot for over 15 minutes. My dog was snuffling around virtually under it's perch, but it didn't move. But, more interesting yet, from approximately the same spot, out from the shrubs burst a crow and a Northern Shrike, in the midst of some sort of disagreement. After a few seconds, after gaining elevation, the crow flew off and the shrike landed in the top of the tallest tree where it stayed for about 30 seconds, readjusting it's position about four times before flying off to the fields behind the shrub/tree line. ( I took a picture of the perched bird, but I expect it to be a dot.) The shrub line is next to a split rail fence on which I sprinkle bird seed every day, and a few feet from one of my feeders. It is also the shrub line into which the shrike disappeared yesterday. There were also the fresh remains of a rabbit 20 feet away. I know that shrikes aren't known for regularly depending on carrion, but perhaps it was an added attraction, at least for the crows. It certainly was for the dog, who consumed the remains. Inga Schmidt Chagrin River Road at the Geauga/Cuyahoga county line ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]