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Re: Killdeer Plains Shrike Behavior
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Dan Best <[log in to unmask]>
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Dan Best <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 13 Feb 2015 18:11:23 -0500
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I was lucky enough to witness a N. shrike yack up a pellet a few years ago in Newbury Twp., Geauga County.  I had paused on my way to work, having spotted that distinct horizontal perching profile at a drive-by.  Stopped and put the binoc's on it.  Saw it do exactly what Blake documented with his camera.  Marked the tree in my mind, returned after work, ventured out into the thicket and found the pellet.  About an inch long, like a mini-owl pellet.  A prize possession.

Dan Best

On Feb 13, 2015, at 12:48 PM, Blake Mathys wrote:

> On Sunday a few of us (my wife, my mother, and my cousin) looked for the Snowy Owl reported just south of Killdeer Plains (we didn't find it, but it was seen on Monday, according to eBird). We went to Killdeer Plains and saw the usual eagles, Rough-legged Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawk, harriers, and a Northern Shrike. While we watched the shrike, it regurgitated a pellet. I was able to get a couple of pictures showing this process: http://blakemathys.com/shrike.html
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> Blake Mathys
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