Here’s a couple of record photos of
the LESSER GREY SHRIKE…….. the upper shot was the first taken
(3.13pm) and from which I called the bird as a Lesser and not Great. So good that so
many managed to get there during the afternoon – over 40 I think.
Thanks especially to Kathy Sims who
put an email out at 2.17 re her husband Peter finding a (presumed) Great Grey
Shrike at 11.30, (and picked up on by RBA with a pager message at 2.23), but
also a huge thanks to Andy Plumb for sending out text messages at 2.30 so as
some of us old’uns out in the field got to hear and went over to check it out.
JG and I got there at c3.05 at much same time as Andy Jackson who had just
latched on to the bird along its favoured fence line. With a mask that huge,
alarm bells rang as soon as I looked at it and it was time to get ‘phoning….
Hoorah!!
Congrats on your 250th.
Pete Smith said it was his 260th and Bob Chalkley his
255th as it was for Jim Gurney. Pip moves on to 254 as does Rob
Dazley. John Bowler and RIB used to be on similar tallies, hopefully they’ll let
us know how many soon. DHB moves to 263, Barry, Lee, DJO and I are on 262 –
that’s BOU listings Lee. I doubt we’ll find out what Lol’s list
is!
Martin Palmer
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