I observed a Loggerhead Shrike today near Division Street and St. Croix Trail. I arrived at 11:20 to see if kestrels are using the nest box across Division Street from the Bison Prairie parking lot. In two hours, I did not see any kestrels. I did, however, see a Loggerhead Shrike along the north-south fence line north of Division Street and a bit west of the entrance to the Bison Prairie Parking lot. The shrike was in the area for about 15 minutes. A good scope view from 400 feet and the calendar give me confidence that it was a Loggerhead, not Northern, Shrike. At about 2:15, the shrike flushed from the fence on the west side of St. Croix Trail north of Division Street as I drove past. This is the same general area where a Northern Mockingbird was present two years ago.
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