Saturday, December 8, 2012

Today Near the TCAAP WVA, I Saw a Shrike Attack

Shrike_49408.jpg by Mully410 * Images
Shrike_49408.jpg, a photo by Mully410 * Images on Flickr.
Within a few minutes of entering the area, I came across this northern shrike. I snapped a few photos from a distance then drove up closer. This image is a cropped a bit. I wondered why the bird didn't fly off as I approached but I soon found out. It had a bead on shrew.  (I also saw a giant murder of crows, perhaps 300 or so and I saw a great horned owl and two kestrels.)


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