Saturday, September 25, 2010 I took some pictures of a weird Shrike at the ranch. I think it is an eastern subspecies of Loggerhead Shrike??? The gray on the back was blue-grayish. Much lighter than the local breeding loggerheads. The bill base on the bottom was horn colored. The gray on the head was violet-gray and the tail was long and ended with a notch. It did not appear to have any white along its side??? There was some subtle pink-orangish on the sides of the breast. The only Northern Shrikes I have ever seen were juveniles and quite brown. The head shape looks odd for a loggerhead also? A very odd bird.
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