From a birder (Shawn D) visiting from PA. Hello. I saw a melanistic Red-tailed Hawk this evening in Marion on Marion-Cardington Rd. between Smeltzer Rd. and Rt. 423. The bird was perched very close to the road before we stopped for a look, but it moved on to two other, more distant perches before we could get a camera on it. It seemed to be hanging around that area, though, so perhaps others could find it there in the near future. Posted by LISTSERV Owner, KathyN ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]