This afternoon as I was jumping the battery on a car in the front yard, I
looked about 15 feet away and saw what I thought was a Hairy Woodpecker
banging at something on the ground. But as I kept watching it was a
beautiful Northern Shrike who was working on a house sparrow. I was quite
surprised. But the shrike was pretty focused on his prey.
A catbird and a robin left a few days ago with the last cold wave. Replaced
by tree sparrows with the snow.
Fun winter birdwatching!
Evans McWilliam
rural Paton, IA
[email protected]
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