A northern shrike was hunting in my scruffy power line fields this afternoon. He was very active, moving quickly from perch to perch, and diving down into the weedy fields. Over an hours time he covered about 30 acres. I didn't see what, if anything, he caught, but four chickadees came barreling towards me, clearly seeing him as a big risk as he flew to a nearby sapling. I've had shrikes here fairly regularly over the years, but I think the last one was in 2009. I am close to Frohring Meadows, along the power lines, so it seems likely that it might also be located there. (Bird #40, on my underachievers January list.) Inga Schmidt Chagrin River Road, Geauga/Cuy Co. 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]