I forgot to add the Northern Shrike that was on the cedar hedge along my back fence, Jan. 5th. It appeared to be eating something it had caught. Whatever it had was hidden from my view. My backyard was uncharacteristically silent and birdless at the time.

How could I have forgotten that? It was only the second time I've seen a shrike in the yard in the almost 45 years I've lived in this house. It was late in the day, too little light to get a good photo.

rags