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
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