This is even a later posting, but with all the other northern Shrike 
sightings on the list I thought I should post this too. 

A northern shrike was seen on the Triadelphia Count in Montgomery County 
on Saturday the 15th off Muncaster Mill Road behind Magruder High 
School..  I didn't post it before because the bird was only viewed for a 
minute or two and then took off and flew in a straight line out of sight 
- at least for a half mile or more.  It seemed pretty clear that this 
bird was not going to be seen in that spot again. 

This is quite a flurry of sightings.  Any records on the number of 
sightings in the area in the past?

Rob Gibbs
Damascus, MD

Lynn & Hal wrote:

>Sorry for the very late posting, but a NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen about noon on Sunday (12/16) during the Jug Bay CBC.  It was south of Jug Bay near Nottingham, at the end of a hedgerow just north of the junction of Nottingham Road and Candy Hill Road.  We were carefully studying a flock of about 100 Am. Goldfinches when we spotted this bird on the ground.  It had caught a goldfinch & flew off with it in its feet.  It flew up high above the treeline, eastward toward the Patuxent River.  We lost sight of it fairly quickly when our sight was blocked by trees near the road & we searched for it, unsuccessfully, for about 20 minutes.  Others spent time in the afternoon trying to relocate it, also unsuccessfully.  
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>Hal & Lynn
>Arnold, MD
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