Can anyone Name this bird
Mar 17, 2013 23:16:37 #
jk48
Loc: Camarillo, California
Gramps wrote:
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.
none in color?
Mar 17, 2013 23:28:03 #
The bird is in the shrike family. You must have a feeder near by. These guys take down small song birds for a meal. They also fly like bullets. Good catch, to bad about B&W.
Mar 17, 2013 23:29:35 #
jk48
Loc: Camarillo, California
Bill Emmett wrote:
The bird is in the shrike family. You must have a feeder near by. These guys take down small song birds for a meal. They also fly like bullets. Good catch, to bad about B&W.
I agree.,,,,color would have been much better..and needs to be much sharper...bird photography is a tough subject..needs lots of practice...and that sharp eye, sharp beak all important..
Mar 18, 2013 14:19:33 #
Mar 18, 2013 14:20:47 #
Gramps wrote:
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.
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Mar 18, 2013 15:23:43 #
I think it is a Northern Shrike. Where was this photo taken. The Northern or Grey Shrike seems to have a shorter bill.
Mar 19, 2013 12:33:35 #
Mar 19, 2013 20:53:47 #
I remember in the book "Miss Lonelyhearts", there was a character named Shrike. It was foreshadowing because the Shrike impales his victims on a thorn. Nathaniel West wrote that book and "The Day of the Locust."
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