[Birdtalk] New Yard Bird - Northern Shrike

[Connie McManus]

Eric,
Lucky you!  I had a Northern Shrike visit my yard earlier this month.  It
appeared for 2 days in a row, then disappeared.  I've been hoping to see him
again, but no such luck.

I also have a new yard bird -- a SONG SPARROW.  it comes in with all the
other sparrows and finches to dine at my table in the back yard.   I now
have  11 regular appearing  species:

House Sparrows (yip ee.)
House Finches
American Goldfinches
White-crowned Sparrows
Black-capped Chickadees
Song Sparrow
RedWingd Blackbirds
Dark-eyed Juncos (slate and Oregon races)
Downy woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Mourning Doves

On Saturday, I believe there were well over 100 birds feasting in my yard!
Here are some pictures I took at various times of the birdie feast in my
back yard.  http://picasaweb.google.com/connie.mcmanus/WinterBirds04  bon
apetit!

Connie McManus
Cache Valley




On Jan 28, 2008 6:03 PM, Eric Huish <poorwill_ at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> I just had a great new yard bird, a Northern Shrike was sitting in the
> tree above one of my feeding areas (Pleasant Grove, Ut Co.).  It chased some
> juncos around for a while. Not at all stealthy. It saw a bird, it chased the
> bird. It saw another bird, it chased that bird.  Then it flew over the fence
> to the neighbors yard.
>
> I still have a good flock of Morning dove coming to the bird feed and I
> just noticed my 30-or-so Quail don't seem to be afraid of deer.  I just saw
> them walking by a deer (just inches away) that was bedded down near some
> cover in the side yard.  The bird food has been going down fast.
>
>
> Eric Huish
> Pleasant Grove UT
> poorwill_ at hotmail.com
> 801-360-8777
>
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