I went to Best today to have a look at the red necked grebe that Kim Savides found there a couple of days ago. It was very close to shore and I could get really good views of it in the bright light today. Also a handful of pied billed grebes and two ring necked ducks. Along the trail (maybe the goldenrod trail?) a small flock of birds, a mix of bluebirds, goldfinches and house finches, located a northern shrike in a small tree. About 15 birds chattered and scolded from the twigs at the top of the little tree, and the bluebirds even made a few tentative approaches. Inga Schmidt ______________________________________________________________________ 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]