I had two interesting sightings yesterday. A mockingbird flew across my path on W 130 on the bridge between Lorain and Trisket Roads. I have never seen one around in January. I have a nesting pair near my office on Berea Rd. but they disappear every fall. A merlin was shredding a bird on top a telephone pole in the parking lot of Pat Catan's Craft Store on Berea rd. I have only seen Merlins a couple times before and this one was my best look in spite of the overcast sky backlighting the bird. While it was eating some mourning doves landed near it on the wires as if to see what it was doing. One would think they would have avoided the merlin instead. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]