A buddy of mine had suggested he may have seen a Shrike at Mohawk dam a 
few weeks ago and I went searching for it early this morning.  Little did 
I know but Mohawk was closed due to flooding of the Walhonding River.  Not 
knowing what to due, I decided to try Woodbury Wildlife Area (PDF on 
ODNR's webpage).  This was a touch of fate.  I viewed a single Northern 
Shrike at about 9 a.m. this morning on TR-403 which comes directly off 
541.  The shrike was in a single tall tree, which overlooked a broad 
expanse of grassland, shrub, and thickets of multiflora rose.  This was a 
life bird for me, and as I grew up in Texas I was used to seeing 
Loggerhead. This bird was slightly larger, whiter in nature, and had the 
pale patch on the lower mandible.

I also saw quite a few raptors today, being a pair of Red-shouldered 
Hawks, a single Juvi. Red-tailed, a female Harrier, and a single Cooper's 
off TR-65.  I will be coming back here during migration as there is large 
expanses of grassland and small wetlands.

Good Birdin'

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