[NatureNS] Shrike, waxwings in HRM

From: Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca>
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Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:32:31 -0400
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Ken McKenna
Box 218 Stellarton NS
B0K 1S0
902 752-7644

Hi Andy and all
Charlie Kendell and I also had an adult Northern Shrike yesterday at Three 
Brooks in Pictou Co. We had just crossed Weirs Gut bridge  when Charlie 
pointed out this awkwardly flying bird heading in our direction. I was 
driving and only had a quick glance at something that had a rolling 
alcid-like flight over the mostly frozen Three Brooks.
Charlie felt strongly it might have been a Shrike as he seems to be able to 
pull shrikes out of the wood-work!
He also felt the shrike had a small rodent in it's claws?- likely was the 
beak as I doubt the feet would be able to carry a rodent. Anyone know if it 
is possible?

He jumped out of the vehicle and observed where it landed maybe 400m away on 
top of a hardwood. We turned around and drove back to see if we could 
confirm, but we could not locate the bird. We then started to head back out 
to Caribou I. when the Shrike flew over our vehicle and landed on a nearby 
conifer. We were able to confirm it to be an adult Northern Shrike with a 
few quick photos. It then landing on a power-line along the Panting 
driveway. Charlie was able to observe the bird try to clean some blood and 
debris from bill. This was most likely the same bird that we had seen 
earlier. More nice shots were taken.

Other birds seen  yesterday afternoon:

3 Barrows Goldeneye at Pictou Causeway (2 male)
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler- Caribou I. ( Dragline area)
6 Gadwall- NSPC Trenton
5 Green-winged Teal (Am)- NSPC Trenton
19 American Wigeon -NSPC Trenton did not see the male Eurasian today
pair N. Pintail-NSPC Trenton
1 Belted Kingfisher -NSPC Trenton ( Green's Pt.)
3 Hooded merganser- NSPC Trenton
5 Hooded Merganser-Pictou Landing Big Gut bridge
3 fem.Pintail- New Glasgow sewer
3 Am. Wigeon -New Glasgow sewer

Lots of Scaup along the Pictou Causeway -several thousand and a good 
assortment of other waterfowl

cheers
Ken






 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Horn" <aghorn@dal.ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 9:14 AM
Subject: [NatureNS] Shrike, waxwings in HRM


> Hi all,
>
> Yesterday afternoon, friends saw a Northern Shrike hunting near Susie's 
> Lake (which is behind the Bayer's Lake Shopping Centre), and on Thursday, 
> other friends had 30 Bohemian Waxwings in their backyard south of the 
> Dalhousie campus.
>
> No exact locations on either, but worth keeping an eye out if you happen 
> to be in those areas.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy Horn
> Halifax 

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