The northern shrike that showed up in my back fields two days ago was still here today. It's been very interesting watching him. A bird with a very white breast, with no barring that I can see, so I've spent a lot of time in books and on the internet trying to convert him into a loggerhead. Oh well, winter fantasies. Two evenings I watched as he dove into his roosting spot in the thick clumps of buckthorn, right at 5 o'clock. Today, around 1:00 I found him hunting again, and saw him bring a vole to an apple and attach him to a branch. He came back twice to feed on it, and then disappeared. I didn't see him roost tonight. Perhaps I've disturbed the area too much chasing him around. While I was waiting for Dick to come by to look at the bird, I also saw a rough legged hawk (dark phase) settle onto a perch in a stand of trees nearby. The n. shrike didn't make an appearance while Dick was here and the best I could offer was the vole and my blurry photos. Inga Schmidt Chagrin River Road at the Geauga/Cuy County Line ______________________________________________________________________ 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]