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Shrike

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Sharon Schwemmer

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Sharon Schwemmer

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Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:38:59 -0500

>
>Hi All,
>         At 10 AM this morning, March 28, 2007, I again had a SHRIKE on 
> Boog Rd., Carroll County, in exactly the same place as the Jan. 25th 
> bird. I tried to get a picture, but the bird said nothing doing. The 
> lighting was not very good either. I'm assuming it was a Northern, but 
> will not say that 100%, because I just couldn't get a good enough look at 
> it through the thick little branches. Again, it was in the same spot that 
> Mark Scarff and I saw the NORTHERN SHRIKE in Jan.-----and it was 
> DEFINITELY a shrike.
>
>Also seen along Boog Rd.:
>
>Canada Geese
>Ring-necked Ducks---11 on the farm pond
>Cooper's Hawk--hunting
>Mourning Dove
>Carolina Chickadee
>Carolina Wren
>E. Bluebird
>Robins--all over
>N. Mockingbird
>SHRIKE (sp?)
>E. Starling
>N. Cardinal
>VESPER SPARROW---first of year for me
>Song Sparrow--singing at every stop
>Junco--group of ~25 and then singles along the way
>Red-winged Blackbirds
>C. Grackle
>House Finch--near house, many singing males
>House Sparrow---too many , near barn
>
>Sharon Schwemmer
>Hampstead,MD
>