Late yesterday afternoon, a northern shrike was discovered along Lake Rd
in the Bradstreet Landing area of Rocky River
http://www.ohiobirds.org/birdingsites/showsite.php?Site_ID=103  , a neat
urban record.  I should add that predictions of unusual incursions of
northern birds seem to be holding up at this early date. In Ohio, Lake
Erie presents a barrier (except in our NW), but to our east and west
increased (though not spectacular) numbers of evening grosbeaks are
being reported, and Bohemian waxwings, pine grosbeaks, etc. seem to be
trickling in on a rather early schedule. There were even excited reports
of gray jays (!); I would not count on this one, as research indicates
they are retreating north with warming temperatures: they rely on cold
weather to preserve cached nuts, and their food is rotting at the
southern limits of the range.
Still well-preserved in Columbus,
Bill Whan

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