I've had a Fox sparrow visiting the feeders here at home.  It was first seen
last Sunday, but wasn't seen again unitl yesterday at noon when I was home
for lunch.
Today it showed up around noon and continued off and on until dusk.

On a stranger note, I watched a grackle battle for almost 5 minutes with
what I belive was a Short-taild Shrew under one of the feeders.  The grackle
would peck at the shrew, which would bite onto the birds beak, then try to
get away, only to be attacked again.  The grackle eventually got the upper
hand and picked up the shrew, still kicking, and flew a short distance into
the woods behind the feeders. I decided to check it out and when I got near
the area I thought they might be, the grackle flew up from beside an old log
on the ground, where I found the dead shrew.  I did not see the grackle come
back to the area where it left the shrew.

Scott Hackett
South of Orrville, Wayne Co.

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