Had what I believe to be a First Winter Northern Shrike land in my yard today (Monday) around 9:30 a.m. This is my first shrike and, needless to say, seeing it about 10 feet away from our living room window was quite a wonderful surprise! It flew in from a high tree branch in a neighbor's yard to a low one (about 4 feet off the ground) near our thistle feeder. It hung out on the branch for about 20 seconds and then flew off to the north. We live in southern Arden Hills, a block away from Lake Josephine, near Co Rd D. The bird looked just like the First Winter Northern Shrike pictured on the Cornell Lab's site at:
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Shrike/id Good birding in your own backyard! Kathy Confer [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
