[CT Birds] Shrike Question

[birddog55 at charter.net]

I agree with Clay that it is sort of unusual that some of these birds have remained so loyal to locations...though I have noted a few one-day birds this winter as well.  I would say that this is a reasonably good year and is an "invasion year"but still shy of the year about 10 years ago when I saw 23 different shrikes in the same winter in Connecticut!

Mark
---- Clay Taylor <ctaylor at att.net> wrote: 
> Hey Paul -
> 
> The remarkable fact is that they, in some cases, have stuck around for so
> long.   Typically, a N. Shrike sighting  in CT was a 1-day wonder, or an
> "invasion" of multiple birds / sightings would hit and two weeks later there
> were none within a hundred miles.
> 
> I'd say this qualifies as a remarkable year.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "paul cianfaglione" <pcianfaglione at hotmail.com>
> To: <ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 11:13 AM
> Subject: [CT Birds] Shrike Question
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > This question may be directed to the more long standing members of the
> birding community or to people that follow the RBA' s of other states. I
> have had  7 Northern Shrikes in the Hartford area this winter and was
> wondering if this year is considered an "invasion year" for the species. I
> have never experienced a shrike incursion before, but it seems there is one
> in every farm field I visit. With so much focus being directed toward the
> invasion of finches this winter, I was also wondering if Shrike numbers were
> flying under the radar.
> >
> >
> > Paul Cianfaglione
> > Canton
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