Along with 4 other birders, I had very good views of the shrike from
11:00 to 11:50.  We watched from a spot overlooking the new
impoundment, accessible from Presquile Road.  Most of the time the
shrike was working the far edge of the pond, perching on cattails.

Good birding!

Elaine Hendricks
Greenbelt, MD

On Thursday, December 30, 2010, Les Roslund <> wrote:
> The Pickering Creek Northern Shrike was quite cooperative this afternoon.
> From 2:00 to 2:45 it moved about from tree top to tree top amongst the small
> pines on the berm between the two most easterly of the "new" wetland ponds
> beside Audubon Lane.  Several birders parked at the entrance to Audubon Lane
> and watched with scopes from that corner.  A pretty bird.  I arrived at the
> site around 2:00 and  soon was joined by Jim Brighton and his friend Jared.
> A little later Zach Baer joined the group.  The previous visit to Pickering
> Creek by a Northern Shrike was in 2005, and that bird stayed on or near the
> property for several weeks.
>
>
>
> Les Roslund
>
> Talbot County
>
> Easton, MD
>
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Elaine Hendricks
Greenbelt, MD  (PG County)