Last week Tom and I saw the Shrike where we have not seen one in Russell County before. The diagnostic features were the black mask and a shorter tail than the Northern Mockingbird The habitat there does not look conductive to supporting a Shrike population. We saw the bird on a power line east of Lebanon and near the trailer park before the intersection of Rt 19 and Elk Garden Road. .It should be interesting if anyone or we see a Shrike there again. Laverne