Mark where do I post the information?I misplaceds the link where I originally posted the sighting. My location is 12 miles north of Milaca, Mn approximately 3 miles west on county 19 which is at the 202 mile marker on 169 and my actual location is on 260th St.. Arthur
> Please post your location so we understand where the bird was seen. > > Mark Alt > Manager of Project Management > Supply Chain Transformation Office > Best Buy Co., Inc. > [email protected] > (w) 612-291-6717 > (Cell) 612-803-9085 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of ARTHUR HOWARD > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 12:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [mou] Northern Shrike > > Hello > Yesterday 11/14/04 while I was observing birds at my feeders I had a > Northern Shrike arrive. > I am only a casual observer but always look for unusual birds. > The Shrike flew in and perched momentarily in a nearby tree when I > first > saw it .It then flew in toward the feeders and the smaller birds > scattered. > Not knowing what it was I thought this was unusual and that it must be > a > predator although I had never seen anything like it.I had to go to St. > Cloud and figured it was time I got a decent bird book.I purchased the > National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America. > After looking in the book I realized it definately was a Northern > Shrike > and not a Loggerhead. > It hovered 2 or 3 times in its flight about 20 feet by the feeders and > then perched in a nearby tree for about 5 minutes so I got a good look > at > it for identification. > In the book I got I saw that it must be a rare sighting as it was > pretty > much outside its normal range. > It was quite a thrill to see such an unusual bird. > Arthur Howard > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > [email protected] > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > > > > >
