Today around 8:30am Guy Tudor and I watched the Northern Shrike for
about 10 minutes near the same area where Martin Carney saw the bird on
the 2nd (last Friday). The bird was perched in a tall tree
(Cottonwood?). At one point it swooped down to the center of the
airstrip where it pried a centi
My directions to the Northern Shrike were not clear enough yesterday because
you have to cross 2 runways. I saw the bird on the eastern side of the main
north-south runway, approximately 300 yards south of the Model Plane stand.
The bird was on top of a tall tree in the brushy area, maybe 30 y
I saw the Northern Shrike today at approximately 4:10 p.m. at Floyd Bennett
Field. The bird was located approximately 300 yards south of the Model
Airplane stand, across the runway from the stand, in a tall tree in the brush
area.
Happy birding,
Martin Carney
Bronx, NY
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