For a couple of days there's been a Northern Shrike on Creamery Road in Caroline. It's been foraging in fields on the right side of the road, coming from 79. This morning it was perching up on an isolated bush in the middle of the upper field, the one with an electric fence around it. The shrike was active and often out of sight, but it returned to that bush frequently, perching on top of the bush in various locations. It also perched on top of small fence posts near the bush a couple of times.
Also foraging over the fields was a Northern Harrier, and at least one Eastern Meadowlark was active and singing in the field. A resident Common Raven could occasionally be heard calling as well. Anne Marie Johnson Caroline -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
