Interesting how many instances of shrike predation everyone has seen. It's sort of like the yard checklist; when we start looking, all sorts of stuff comes out of the woodwork. Several winters ago I had a northern shrike that returned to the yard three years in a row. On one of those occasions, I also had a (for me) rare flock of rosy-finches. The shrike killed a rosy-finch and stashed the body in a lilac. I would rather have seen a different prey item, but nature is what nature is: red in tooth and claw.
Norm Lewis
Lakewood
On Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 06:10:28 PM MDT, Steve Brown <sbrown37@gmail.com> wrote:
Several Novembers ago I had a Northern Shrike first-year bird in my backyard in NW Colorado Springs. It sat on my fence looking around for a long time (and I got several good pictures) when it suddenly dove under my deck, came out with a junco in its beak, and flew off. That was pretty cool!
Steve Brown
Colo Spgs
(Mountain Shadows neighborhood)
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