I went to the Darby Lakes area of Prairie Oaks Metro Park this morning in search of the reported Northern Shrike. I did not find a Shrike, but a Northern Mockingbird sat at the top of a shrub for at least a half hour, about 50 yards north of the entrance road. Otherwise there were very few birds in the area. Gene Stauffer Grove City ______________________________________________________________________ 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]