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' ______________________________________________________________________ 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]