Sorry for the late posting, but on Monday November 12th, we caught and 
banded a hatch-year Northern Shrike.  The bird was not seen before we found 
it in the net nor has it been seen since its release.  Perhaps we should be on 
the lookout for other shrikes....

On the theme of other good "winter" birds, we have also had daily Purple Finch 
flyovers and several days of Pine Siskins in addition to the numerous Red-
breasted Nuthatches that seem to be everywhere.



Maren Gimpel, Dan Small & Jim Gruber
Foreman's Branch Bird Observatory
Chestertown, QA County