Hi,
Today I made another visit to Sully Woodlands after work (6-7PM).
At first I did not see the shrike. I walked around the field, but the
recent snow (now melted) and rain made the place muddy and slow going. At
one point I noticed a bird perched in a bare tree in the distance. It flew
from the tree to the ground, apparently hunting some small animals or such,
then flew back to its perch. It repeated this several times. At first I
thought this was the shrike, but to my surprise, in my camera viewfinder
with a telephoto lens I saw that this was an American Kestrel. Its behavior
was quite similar to that of the shrike.
As I was wrapping up, I decided to walk around the stable one last time,
and there it was, the Northern Shrike, perched in a tree, this was 6:53PM
You can see my pictures of the American Kestrel (distant and blurry), and
the Northern Shrike on the following rolling update page:
http://www.travelerathome.com/2016_10_shrike/2016_10_shrike.html
Thanks,
Howard Wu
Herndon, VA