Outdoor Ontario

Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Dinusaur on November 02, 2014, 05:45:35 PM

Title: Help with ID Please
Post by: Dinusaur on November 02, 2014, 05:45:35 PM

Saw this one, high up on a tree, today at Downsview Park. It appears to be of similar in size as a mocking bird - that's what I thought initially.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3940/15696885072_f470d58815_c.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/15696885072/)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7482/15695281505_5af66d5d56_c.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/15695281505/)

Title: Re: Help with ID Please
Post by: Kris Ito on November 02, 2014, 06:06:56 PM

A lovely Northern Shrike. That sharply hooked bill helps distinguish it from the very similar Mockingbird. This looks like an immature since it does not yet have its distinctive black eye mask.

-Kris

Title: Re: Help with ID Please
Post by: Brian Bailey on November 02, 2014, 09:24:25 PM

Looks like you found one of the first of the season!

BB

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Title: Re: Help with ID Please
Post by: Dinusaur on November 02, 2014, 11:04:22 PM

Wow, that's neat. Thanks for the ID.