I rarely see them here, but one winter a few years ago one impaled a = house finch on a star magnolia branch and nibbled at its frozen carcass = for a few days. This occurred at my bird feeders right outside our = kitchen window in Danville. Michael Hamm -----Original Message----- From: Horn, Ian (Bourbon County) [mailto:ihorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 2:37 PM To: 'birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [birdky] RPT: Shrike This afternoon I saw a Loggerhead Shrike on a wire on US 68, roughly 1 = mile west (south really) of Millersburg, Bourbon County - about five miles = north of where the bypass ends in Paris. I was leaving Millersburg and the = bird definitely made me do a double-take and a quick turn around to get a = closer look. It was right across from Firegate #2101. How common are = Loggerhead Shrikes in the Inner Bluegrass/ Kentucky? =20 Ian Horn Midway, Woodford =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3DNOTES TO = SUBSCRIBERS=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign=20 your messages with first & last name, city, &=20 state abbreviation. -------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------=20 To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * =20 Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *=20 BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign your messages with first & last name, city, & state abbreviation. -------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx