Greetings, Karen and Rich Kassouf made a brilliant find today in Cuyahoga County, at very urban Brookside Reservation, part of Cleveland Metroparks. They first found it around 1 pm, and it was subsequently seen and photographed by at least two dozen folks till around 4:30 pm at least. PHOTOS at the NorthNW blog: 

http://northnw.wordpress.com

To access the spot, enter Brookside Reservation off of Ridge Road. Go east on John Nagy Boulevard, which is also the parkway drive, for about 500 feet. Pull off on either side of the road, and on the north side of the road you will see a grassy area with intermittent scattered leafless short trees. This is where they first found it, hawking insects and perching for extended views. Later in the afternoon the bird frequented the south side of the road, perching high in cottonwoods and sometimes frustratingly tricky to find as it blended in with the golden yellow and brown leaves of the large cottonwoods. 

Congrats to the Kassoufs for an ace find. 
JB

Jen Brumfield
Cleveland, OH
Bird illustrator and birding tour guide
[log in to unmask]
www.jenbrumfield.com
www.northnw.wordpress.com

______________________________________________________________________

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]