I didn't mention the sounds the shrike was making yesterday, because it was such an odd noise, that I looked around for a flock of starlings, and then decided it must be the trees squeaking in the wind. But last night I listened to the N Shrike on Birdtunes, and that was really how un-birdlike it sounded, very odd.
Begin forwarded message: From: Nancy W Dickinson <n...@cornell.edu<mailto:n...@cornell.edu>> Date: November 14, 2011 8:47:33 AM EST To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] shrike Reply-To: Nancy W Dickinson <n...@cornell.edu<mailto:n...@cornell.edu>> Very cool to see a Northern Shrike surveying our yard from atop a smallish tree, early this morning. Had a good long look at it. A yard first! Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- Nancy W. Dickinson Director's Administrative Assistant Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 254-4597 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --