Can anyone Name this bird
Mar 16, 2013 13:08:58 #
Lyleho
Loc: Superior Wi
I had my camera in B&W mode and didn't realize it...The Bird was gray and black anyway...
seems young and confused
my wife found him hunkered down in a snow drift on out deck
flew up in a tree and just perched there??
Mar 16, 2013 13:10:23 #
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Mar 16, 2013 13:19:02 #
Lyleho wrote:
I had my camera in B&W mode and didn't realize it...The Bird was gray and black anyway...
nathan :thumbup:
Mar 16, 2013 13:22:32 #
I believe it is a Northern Shrike because of the hooked bill. The Loggerhead Shrike has a stubby bill without the obvious hook at the tip.
Mar 17, 2013 06:30:21 #
Lyleho wrote:
I had my camera in B&W mode and didn't realize it...The Bird was gray and black anyway...
Jack sounds a good name ha ha
Mar 17, 2013 08:22:17 #
Lyleho wrote:
I had my camera in B&W mode and didn't realize it...The Bird was gray and black anyway...
Looks like a Shrike to me too...they are small birds of prey :-D
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Mar 17, 2013 18:06:54 #
Lyleho wrote:
I had my camera in B&W mode and didn't realize it...The Bird was gray and black anyway...
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: Nice capture even if its B&W.
Its a Northern Shrike. See http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Shrike/id" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Shrike/id
Thanks for showing.
Mar 17, 2013 23:04:02 #
Last shrike I encountered was a neighbor's wife, waiting for him to come home from an all nite poker game. with a rolling pin in one hand and baseball bat in 'tuther! Her not him with the weapons.
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