Yesterday while out trail riding around 11:30 am, I spotted two adult eagles sitting on a tree branch side by side along the Chagrin River in Willoughby Hills. I know these two birds as I watched them raise a youngster in the spring who now is spotted along Lakeshore Blvd quite often. They sat for at least a half hour and then flew off heading north along the Chagrin River toward the lake. In late afternoon, a wonderful hawk was seen flying in the field across the street from my house. He landed on top of a light pole where I was able to grab my binoculars for a good look. It was fascinating to see him scanning the field looking for his prey as he turned his head from side to side. At first I thought it was a red-tailed hawk, but after looking through the glasses, I couldn't quite make out the species. He was bigger than a red tail, brown with white patches on this back. When he turned his head, I saw that his head was brown but had white stripes or streaks extending outward toward his back. I'm going to check the field guide on this, but I don't think it was a red tail although there are more than ever around right now. I spot them every day along freeways, on telephone wires, yesterday there was one on a tree near the railroad tracks in Eastlake going towards Target. They seem to be thriving. Joan M. Scharf --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]