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calzephyrWednesday was just another snowy spring day when this guy showed up!
OMG! A Northern shrike!!!
I was upstairs in my office when I heard the budgies flapping and didn't see the problem at first.
Then I saw this beautiful, but deadly bird!
He flew at the window and scared the budgies again, so I moved the cage away. He sat there for a good long time and flew away. He was not bothered at all by me standing right at the window looking at him.
Shrikes impale small birds and animals "for later", so I'm going to keep an eye on my bird feeder because I don't want my rose bush to become a graveyard. I haven't seen it again so far today, so perhaps the snow derailed his travel plans like everyone else lately.
OMG! A Northern shrike!!!
I was upstairs in my office when I heard the budgies flapping and didn't see the problem at first.
Then I saw this beautiful, but deadly bird!
He flew at the window and scared the budgies again, so I moved the cage away. He sat there for a good long time and flew away. He was not bothered at all by me standing right at the window looking at him.
Shrikes impale small birds and animals "for later", so I'm going to keep an eye on my bird feeder because I don't want my rose bush to become a graveyard. I haven't seen it again so far today, so perhaps the snow derailed his travel plans like everyone else lately.
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Date: 2026-03-27 01:46 pm (UTC)TIL. I’ll have to look it up in our little ones bird book to check out range.
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Date: 2026-03-27 02:53 pm (UTC)https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Shrike/maps-range
They're in YYC from October to March, and then they fly North to breed. I live nowhere near the places they have been spotted, like Carburn Park.
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Date: 2026-03-27 09:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-03-28 12:25 pm (UTC)