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Hey Larry, Very cool observation. On the same day last year we had a young shrike singing here at the North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier! Check out this video I took of it singing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgMii-MQodo Cheers, Larry On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Larry Levine <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > While walking my pooch around the Jericho East neighborhood this late > afternoon, I came upon a light gray bird perched at the apex of a 50 ft > Birch. It was too high to ID by naked eye. > I was able to stand about 20 ft from the tree in very good light. My 1st > thought was that it was a N. Shrike but I did not have any binos...just my > iphone. It was calling like an almost nasally Catbird. After listening and > watching for a minute or so and hoping it didn't fly away, I pulled up a N. > Shrike on iBird Pro on my phone and identified it as a juvenile N. Shrike. > The app had the exact juvenile call/song as the bird I was hearing. > > I also heard a FOY Eastern Phoebe on my walk. > > Larry Levine > Jericho > > > > -- Larry Clarfeld Environmental Educator Youth Birding Coordinator North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm St. Montpelier, VT 05602 www.NorthBranchNatureCenter.org (802) 229-6206 [log in to unmask]