Today, while having an early Thanksgiving dinner (about 3:30 pm), a hawk flew in and perched on a shrub outside our dining room window. The shrub has berries and is usually packed with House Sparrows. The hawk flew in twice. It actually just flew in again (4:00 pm) while I am typing this. I was able to see it well enough to know it is an immature sharp-shinned hawk. It jumped down once, probably to catch a house sparrow. Since it is back again, it must still be attempting to catch one. This area is Ross Township in Butler County. It is a dense residential area but there are many species of birds here. Nice holiday treat for a close view of a hawk. Kathleen Beal ______________________________________________________________________ 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]