[mou] Northern Shrike

[Bruce W. Stahly]

Today I observed a Northern Shrike at one of my bird feeders (about 
three miles west of Grand Marais). It then flew around the house to 
another feeder, and quickly dispatched a Pine Grosbeak, which had been 
feeding on the ground. After a couple of attempts, it managed to fly off 
with the grosbeak. I quickly pulled on my boots and followed it into the 
woods. I found the bloody grosbeak in the middle of a footpath, with the 
shrike perched in a nearby  tree, so I left it to its meal. Quite a nice 
surprise, as today is the bird count for the Grand Marais area.


Bruce Stahly