Not much time to type right now, but I was out at Prairie Oaks this afternoon (the area along Plain City-Georgesville road) and saw a beautiful Northern Shrike. It was in the row of trees across (to the south) of the duck pond by the Prairie View Picnic Area. I have uploaded some pictures of it, as well as a couple of Cackling Geese that were on the pond across the street from the soccer fields on Spindler Rd this afternoon, to the following link: http://picasaweb.google.com/nye.jessica/20081224# I saw the Snow Goose I reported earlier (or possibly another) flying overhead to the north at the intersection of Roberts Rd and Alton & Darby Creek Rd. this afternoon as well. Good birding! Nate Nye Hilliard, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]