My wife and I just came home from a medical appointment to find a Northern Shrike in the top of some taller Red Dogwood Shrubs at the end of our drive. He is hunting the taller semi-grass area, which we mowed this fall. It is a Juv/1st Year bird with yellow/brownish cast. He worked the area for about 20 minutes using the tops of Willows and Locust in my lot and my neighbor's. I tried for a photo, but only got a fly off shot. I believe this is the same bird that was sitting on my chain link fence looking at the bird feeders a couple of weeks back that I just had a fleeting glimpse of. I reported that as a Shrike SP, but later got to thinking it had a yellowish cast. Neat yard bird. Larry Dau Boone Co, near Ledges Park
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