December 26, 2009, 11:30 a.m. Station Road, Brecksville Reservation/CVNP Observer: Nick Taylor At 1130, I found a Northern Shrike hunting a large wetland complex inBrecksvile Reservation/Cuyahoga Valley. The location is east of theintersection of Chippewa Creek and Riverview Road. There is an oldtrain stop building painted yellow and a large parking lot. If youfollow the train tracks south of the parking area and over the creek,you find a large wetland on both sides of the train tracks. Redshouldered hawk and Pileated woodpeckers can be seen here in winter. Isaw the Pileated Woodpecker but no hawk. Anyway, after walking a ways past the wetland along the tracks I turnedaround and walked back to the wetland area. I then noticed a NorthernShrike on the side of the tracks atop some Multiflora Rose bushes. Isnapped photos from a distance and then it took off into the wetlandarea. It alighted on several dead trees and started hunting theperimeter of the wetland complex. After 30 minutes, the bird took offon a long flight to the east-northeast over the tree and toward theriver. I could not relocate the bird. posted for Nick Taylor ______________________________________________________________________ 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]