I've had a Fox sparrow visiting the feeders here at home. It was first seen last Sunday, but wasn't seen again unitl yesterday at noon when I was home for lunch. Today it showed up around noon and continued off and on until dusk. On a stranger note, I watched a grackle battle for almost 5 minutes with what I belive was a Short-taild Shrew under one of the feeders. The grackle would peck at the shrew, which would bite onto the birds beak, then try to get away, only to be attacked again. The grackle eventually got the upper hand and picked up the shrew, still kicking, and flew a short distance into the woods behind the feeders. I decided to check it out and when I got near the area I thought they might be, the grackle flew up from beside an old log on the ground, where I found the dead shrew. I did not see the grackle come back to the area where it left the shrew. Scott Hackett South of Orrville, Wayne Co. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]