After a few days of it vanishing for long periods it was figured out that the bird was moving between the North Duffield Reserve and nearby Skipwith Common Nature Reserve (both very large areas) where occasionally it would show well - such as like it did here a month into its stay.
It was enjoyable and very educational to be able to watch this bird on a number of occasions during the late winter - it was covering a large area so there was hope/expectations of it turning up anywhere in the local area! My garden would have been nice (my garden was half way between the two regularly used sites)!
Despite all of the above views one Sunday afternoons sighting was the best and resulted in the following images... (these are all taken on my old Blackberry which unfortunately didn't have a very good camera - motto = keep your proper digital camera battery fully charged!). This is the first time I've put these pics on my blog, for some reason I was really busy at the time and just forgot all about them! They are not the best but you get the idea...
Great Grey Shrike Andy Walker (phone pic)
Great Grey Shrike Andy Walker (phone pic)
Great Grey Shrike Andy Walker (phone pic)
Great Grey Shrike Andy Walker (phone pic)
Great Grey Shrike Andy Walker (phone pic)
Great Grey Shrike Andy Walker (phone pic)
Great Grey Shrike Andy Walker (phone pic)
Great Grey Shrike Andy Walker (phone pic)
gr8 pics. never sin 1 b4.
ReplyDeleteCheers, very smart birds, they always seem so big in the field but in the hand a bit smaller!
ReplyDeleteRemarkable photographs. Thanks so much for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks Gene. Its a pretty smart bird!
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