yesterday around 4pm i had a shrike on my property in homerville.  i'm not very experienced with shrikes, but i would have to guess this one was a northern.  the mask looked narrow, and the song was short semi-melodic phrases.  i looked for the white area above the cere, but could not see it because it kept quite a good distance between the two of us.  i'll have another look around for it tomorrow, and post any new info.  also, we had our first phoebe of the year.  
 
happy birding,
 
greg emmert
akron, ohio
 
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