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Butcher Birds, The Loggerhead Shrike

10,000 Birds

Childhood memories flooded back in, and I began my search for the poor victims of this bird, so lovingly nicknamed “The Butcher Bird” Nothing was found, not a grasshopper, lizard, nothing. while showing diminishing numbers in the north and northeastern part of the US and Canada, are quite abundant down here.

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Back in New York and Birding Part 2

10,000 Birds

At Point Lookout we enjoyed Horned Grebes in close (though I butchered my attempts to get good digiscoped shots) and more American Oystercatchers on a jetty. The goose, instead of leading us on a wild goose chase, decided to swim up close and then past some Canada Geese , as if to show off its tininess.

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