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I'm a birdwatcher of sorts, and birdwatchers are known for strange things, including lifelists. A lifelist is essentially a list of all the birds you've seen in your life, and I've got two going. One's for my life in general, and one's for where I live, here in the state of Maine, United States and all.

I've never personally seen a shrike before - pictures, TV, stuff like that, sure, but never face to face. As such, this is a hell of a moment.

This, a Northern Shrike, dropped by my back yard, stayed on the post of the birdfeeder for a bit watching the ground, and then nabbed itself a vole. I didn't tell it I was taking its picture, but it figured that out well enough once started paying attention to the window of the house.

Shrikes are one of my favorite birds, and now - scratchity scratch - I get to add it to the list.

This photoessay, or whatever you want to call it, is pretty large - sorry about that - but I wanted to get the whole thing posted in one shot, and it's really one piece of work. I'm especially proud of the last shot, where the depth of focus changed suddenly and a fast hand on the lense rotation thingy saved me. Huzzah!
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Heehee, I love shrikes. This is the first time I've ever seen one with freshly killed prey. Nice shots ;D

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