Paula, my backyard in Broomfield is part of the anecdotal evidence to which Peter refers. We've had a Northern Shrike hunting around the Lac Amora Open Space for the last few weeks, and I got some really cool photos of it with a male House Finch in its bill. I posted one of the pictures on my Instagram feed for Broomfield Widlife: https://www.instagram.com/p/B6vEZczjfeA/
I also have photos of that same shrike chasing a Blue Jay, and eating a cricket! Chris Petrizzo Broomfield On Sunday, December 29, 2019 at 4:20:40 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: > > Wow! I just walked outside and instantly heard the screams of a small > bird in one of my spruce trees. I walked up to the tree expecting to see > one of my Cooper’s Hawks, but a Northern Shrike burst out of the tree > clutching a House Finch within inches of my face! I could still hear the > poor finch screaming 1 1/2 blocks away. > > Paula Hansley > Louisville > > Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/dc621217-be63-43f6-967d-15e2b383348c%40googlegroups.com.
