Paula, my backyard in Broomfield is part of the anecdotal evidence to which Peter refers. We've had a Northern Shrike hunting around the Lac Amora Open Space for the last few weeks, and I got some really cool photos of it with a male House Finch in its bill. I posted one of the pictures on my Instagram feed for Broomfield Widlife: https://www.instagram.com/p/B6vEZczjfeA/
I also have photos of that same shrike chasing a Blue Jay, and eating a cricket! Chris Petrizzo Broomfield On Sunday, December 29, 2019 at 4:20:40 PM UTC-7, redsta...@gmail.com wrote: > > Wow! I just walked outside and instantly heard the screams of a small > bird in one of my spruce trees. I walked up to the tree expecting to see > one of my Cooper’s Hawks, but a Northern Shrike burst out of the tree > clutching a House Finch within inches of my face! I could still hear the > poor finch screaming 1 1/2 blocks away. > > Paula Hansley > Louisville > > Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/dc621217-be63-43f6-967d-15e2b383348c%40googlegroups.com.
