Here are a few more details, from Keedysville Rd. it was .9 south and from Mansfield Ave. it was .6 north. The field has four fence rows, I watched the bird for about twenty minutes. It was not there later in the afternoon. The bird was an adult, short bill, thick black mask extending over the bill, a small thin white line above the mask over the eye, dark gray rump, back and cap, lighter gray below with a pale throat, and no signs of barring. At first I was slightly disapointed when I got the scope out as Norhtern Shrike would be a county bird. But the field marks all pointed towards Loggerhead which is actually the better bird, and I was just happy to finally find a shrike.

Good birding,

Hans Holbrook
Hagerstown, MD



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> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:48:18 -0800
> From: 
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Loggerhead Shrike at Antietam
> To: 
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Hans Holbrook just called to report a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE at Antietam National Battlefield. The bird is working fence lines on the east side of Smoketown Road between Keedysville Road and Mansfield Avenue.
>
> Good birding,
>
> Bill
>
> Bill Hubick
> Pasadena, Maryland
> 
> http://www.billhubick.com
>
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