Angus, To me your bird looks like a Northern. The mask is barely deeper than the eye and trails down toward the nape. The color of the head is pale, not dark like most Loggerheads (very noticeable in the drawers). And the bill appears longer and straighter.
Cheers, Kevin Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D. Instructor Home Study Course in Bird Biology Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 hst...@cornell.edu 607-254-2452 From: Angus Wilson [mailto:oceanwander...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 10:37 AM To: NYSBIRDS-L Cc: Shaibal Mitra; Burke, Tom; Hugh McGuinness; Christopher Wood; Andy Guthrie; Kevin J. McGowan Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Identity of Jones Beach Shrike It seems appropriate to throw one more bird into the discussion mix; a shrike that I found on 31 Oct 2010 in the Theodore Roosevelt County Park in Montauk (Suffolk Co.), a few hundred yards from a Brewer's Blackbird. If I recall correctly, this was shortly after the discovery of the Jones Beach shrike, and perhaps the only other shrike seen on Long Island during the fall/winter season (so far). Unfortunately the Montauk bird did not linger beyond the one day. It also gave the impression of being small and was harassed relentlessly by a pair of Northern Mockingbirds, making photography difficult. I still have to sit down and look carefully at it relative to the Northern/Loggerhead discussion, but thought other independent opinions would be helpful. Here is a link to the best photos I obtained. http://picasaweb.google.com/oceanwanderers/SouthForkLongIslandNY?authkey=Gv1sRgCOa3ua3EuLjJ3wE#<http://picasaweb.google.com/oceanwanderers/SouthForkLongIslandNY?authkey=Gv1sRgCOa3ua3EuLjJ3wE> -- Angus Wilson New York City & The Springs, NY, USA http://birdingtotheend.blogspot.com/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
