Forwarded with permission... __________________________ Debbie Waters Education Director Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803-3006 218.428.3539 dwaters at hawkridge.org www.hawkridge.org
-----Original Message----- From: Wisconsin Birding Network [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ryan Brady Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 6:21 PM To: Wisconsin Birding Network Subject: [wisb] Ageing Northern Shrikes in the Field As some of you know, I have been fortunate to capture, band, and observe many Northern Shrikes in Ashland and Bayfield counties over the past few years. One of the first things I learned by having birds in hand was that ageing them in the field while birding isn't as easy as I had thought. Because this is an outstanding year for Northern Shrikes in much of Wisconsin (but alas not here in my neck of the woods), I thought I would share a bit on what I have learned about separating adults from immatures in this species. I wrote up a brief overview of this topic, which may someday appear on the Wisconsin eBird page. For now, I've created my own blog to host the article and you can view it at the link below. http://northwoodsbirding.blogspot.com/ Please feel free to contact me with any comments or questions. Ryan Brady Grand View, Bayfield County, WI http://www.pbase.com/rbrady -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080111/2e27397b/attachment.html
