I was leaving the DNR building on Lafayette Rd. yesterday at 3:00 p.m. when a shrike flew across my path and landed (very briefly) in a hawthorn tree next to the sidewalk. It was only about 15 feet from me. I think we were both startled and it immediately shot off (with a good tail wind) across the building's back parking lot. Sadly, I was unable to pursue it to identify it to a specific shrike species. The bird struck me is being more lithe than the Northern Shrikes I have observed.
Tom Klein St. Paul ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
