[mou] loggerhead shrike Cook Co.

[Jim & Carol Tveekrem]

Don Goodell of Lutsen reported a Loggerhead Shrike at their feeders late
2/23.  It grabbed a mouse coming out of a snow tunnel to the seed heap
beneath a feeder.  The shrike then ate the mouse and hung about while the
Goodells checked the field marks.  From their description - wide black mask
extending over the bill, little white in loral area, relatively large head,
small dark bill etc., it seems to be a Loggerhead.  One was reported hanging
about a home in Hovland in early January, but I have no details.  Northern
Shrikes are common this year, but a Loggerhead in winter here is amazing.

Carol Tveekrem,  Schroeder, Cook Co.