[mou] Northern Shrike

[ARTHUR HOWARD]

Mark
 where do I post the information?I misplaceds the link where I originally
posted the sighting.
 My location is 12 miles north of Milaca, Mn approximately 3 miles west on
county 19 which is at the 202 mile marker on 169 and my actual location
is on 260th St..
Arthur




> Please post your location so we understand where the bird was seen.
>
> Mark Alt
> Manager of Project Management
> Supply Chain Transformation Office
> Best Buy Co., Inc.
> Mark.Alt@bestbuy.com
> (w) 612-291-6717
> (Cell) 612-803-9085
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu] On
> Behalf Of ARTHUR HOWARD
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 12:43 PM
> To: MOU-net@cbs.umn.edu
> Subject: [mou] Northern Shrike
>
> Hello
>  Yesterday 11/14/04 while I was observing birds at my feeders I had a
> Northern Shrike arrive.
>  I am only a casual observer but always look for unusual birds.
>  The Shrike flew in and perched momentarily in a nearby tree when I
> first
> saw it .It then flew in toward the feeders and the smaller birds
> scattered.
>  Not knowing what it was I thought this was unusual and that it must be
> a
> predator although I had never seen anything like it.I had to go to St.
> Cloud and figured it was time I got a decent bird book.I purchased the
> National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America.
>  After looking in the book I realized it definately was a Northern
> Shrike
> and not a Loggerhead.
>  It hovered 2 or 3 times in its flight about 20 feet by the feeders and
> then perched in a nearby tree for about 5 minutes so I got a good look
> at
> it for identification.
>  In the book I got I saw that it must be a rare sighting as it was
> pretty
> much outside its normal range.
>  It was quite a thrill to see such an unusual bird.
>  Arthur Howard
>
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