[mou] Hastings Northern Shrike

[Richard Wood]

Hi all,

This morning after I dropped off Jill at the Hastings YMCA, I saw a bird that looked like a Northern Mockingbird.  It was perched on a tree near a housing development on Pleasant, just diagonal to the Y.  when I stopped the car, it flew into a tree on 2nd St.  So, I followed it and got out of the car and get a really good look with my binocs (which I am now carrying in the car wherever I go).  It was a Northern Shrike.  I watched it for a few minutes, until it flew east, toward the Mississippi.

I've now seen both shrikes this year; this is only the second time that has happened (I've only seen two Northern Shrikes).

Good birding,
Richard
 
Richard L. Wood, Ph. D.
Hastings, MN
rwoodphd at yahoo.com




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