I had good views of a g g shrike on south heath today. It was moving quite quickly from one tree top to another, having a good look round from its vantage points. So actively hunting.
The meadow pipits seemed to object. I did not see the shrike actually make any attack.
It disappeared as miraculously as it appeared, and I have no idea which direction it was going in.
Seemed to be quite happy with the tops of both birch and pine.
I wondered quite why the bird is the colour it is, since it really sticks out in the pine trees. I wondered if it only really bothered to hunt in the direction away from the sun, thereby its colour being against the sky and into the sun from the prey's point of view.
found another patch of nail fungus as well today, without looking very seriously, so maybe there are even more coming out.
martin
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