The northern shrike was again in the fields this afternoon, although now on my neighbors side of the powerlines towards Franklin Rd. ( I last saw it here on Feb 2.) I watched to see what it was hunting, and saw it grab a bug of some sort off the snow, and once off the stem of a little shrub. He was still in the same area when I checked again at 5:00 pm. While watching the shrike, a stunning male n. harrier flew by, low and fast, carried along on a strong gust of wind. Two red tailed hawks were also taking advantage of the thaw, and hunting from low perches over exposed patches of ground. Inga Schmidt Chagrin River Road ______________________________________________________________________ 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]