I could not resist getting out today with the sun out and temp getting up into the 60's. Had a great couple of hours out at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill. I went back to see if I could get some better photos of the Loggerhead Shrikes that we found our last time out. I was scanning a short grass field counting robins when I saw a shrike on the ground hunting. It would walk a little and then open it's wings, flashing it's wing bars. I watched this activity for about 5 min. It really reminded me of the way a Reddish Egret hunts. Most of what I could find on the Internet indicated that they generally sit on a perch and then swoop down on prey, rather than foraging on the ground with these wing flashes. Is this typical behavior? I have a short sketchy video of the shrike doing this if anyone is interested. Other than that had most of the usual suspects. I have posted a few shots from this walk and my outing to Maine Chance Farm from a couple of days previous. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lang-photoshare/) David Lang Scott County Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Mercer, US-KY Mar 9, 2013 9:13 AM - 12:51 PM Protocol: Traveling 5.5 mile(s) Comments: <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.2 32 species Canada Goose 9 Mallard 9 Northern Bobwhite 1 Heard only Black Vulture 10 Turkey Vulture 27 Killdeer 2 Heard only Mourning Dove 8 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 4 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Loggerhead Shrike 1 American Crow 10 Carolina Chickadee 6 Tufted Titmouse 6 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Carolina Wren 4 Eastern Bluebird 7 American Robin 50 European Starling 75 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 American Tree Sparrow 7 Field Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 32 White-throated Sparrow 5 Northern Cardinal 6 Red-winged Blackbird 34 Eastern Meadowlark 5 Common Grackle 10 House Finch 3 House Sparrow 1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13338139 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== When posting on BIRDKY, please close posts with your first and last name and your address (city or county). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post on BIRDKY, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the KOS website at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos/default.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the KOS Photo Page to view photos of birds recently sighted in Kentucky: http://www.flickr.com/groups/kentucky_ornithological_society/pool * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison. E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx