Well it almost didn't happen but I eventually had success along with Marc Shroeder (? i think) as we both converged this morning on a quest for the Northern Shrike. Thanks to Marc for coming and finding me again when he found the bird. We had a false alarm (well I did, anyways) when a Mockingbird perched about 200 yards out fooled me thru my bino's but didn't fool me thru the scope, Nope just a Mocker, I declaired after scoping. But Marc had the real thing and we both had a good time marveling at this awesome creature thru our scopes. We found the bird down the side road to the right as you're facing the gated beach area, in a similar spot that Jay Lehman said he saw it. It hopped from tree top to tree top in the area and I witnessed it hock up a pellet after Marc left, but I didn't think to go look for it untll now. Oh well. I got some good digi-scoped photo's considering I was just handholding my digital. Other birds of note that were seen were the White Pellican on the s. end of the res., The pair of Ring-necked pheasants, Sharp-shinned Hawk, E. meadowlark, Am. Tree Sparrow, Both Kinglets, Bonaparte's Gulls, a couple N. Flickers, and the usuals. Good times, I hope it sticks around for everyone (and of course I wish the bird the best of health on its stay too). :-D - Ben Warner ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. 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]