On November 20 of this year I had Northern Shrikes in 3 locations:

1 on Dry Slough Road on Fir Island in Skagit County
1 on Pioneer Hwy in Skagit County barely north of the Snohomish County Line
1 at Big Ditch in Snohomish County

But that represents nearly all the Northern Shrikes I have seen this season
in western Washington. I saw the Big Ditch bird again a week later (I
assume it was the same bird) and 1 more at Port Susan in Snohomish County on
October 2. That's it.

Marv Breece
Seattle, WA


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Bletsch" <garybletsch at yahoo.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 7:39 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] yep, fewer shrikes


> Dear Tweeters,
>
> Ken Knittle mentions that he is seeing fewer shrikes
> this winter so far. I am having the same experience.
> The only Northern Shrike sightings I have so far are
> two occurrences, probably of the same bird, on
> Cockreham Island in November--this despite lots of
> hours out in good habitat.
>
>
>
>
> Yours truly,
>
> Gary Bletsch
>
> near Lyman (Skagit County), Washington
>
> garybletsch at yahoo.com
>
>
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